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After Three-Year Hiatus, Philadelphia’s Chinese Lantern Festival Returns

By Peter Crimmins | WHYY
Published June 26, 2022 at 3:37 AM EDT
The Chinese Lantern Festival at Franklin Square uses 30,000 square feet of silk and more than 20,000 LED lights.
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The Chinese Lantern Festival at Franklin Square uses 30,000 square feet of silk and more than 20,000 LED lights.

For the first time in three years, the Chinese Lantern Festival has returned to Franklin Square in Philadelphia. WHYY’s Peter Crimmins reports the annual illuminated festival was interrupted because of the pandemic and is back with new mechanical lanterns.

(Original air-date: 6/24/22)
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