Chinese Lantern Festival Debuts at The Fairgrounds Nashville

China Lights: Illuminating the Fairgrounds As the sun goes down The Fairgrounds Nashville transforms into a dramatic display of color, light, and sound at the first festival of its kind in the South. China Lights : Illuminating the Fairgrounds is a celebration of Asian culture featuring 30 larger-than-life sculptural lantern displays, stage performances highlighting folk-culture, entertainment and activities, and a bustling marketplace. Lantern Displays After passing through the Welcome Gate, visitors may find that each display is more magical than the last. Over the past month, 15 artisans from China have been on-site creating welded metal frames, lighting the frames from within using various types and colors of LED lights, covering the framework in brilliantly colored fabric, and hand-painting finishing touches. Among the components emerging from the process are glowing flowers, phoenix, dragon and pandas. Using a special technique, artisans in China create