Holidays at the Daniel Stowe Botanical Gardens, Belmont, North Carolina has new displays of lights and an all-new musically-orchestrated topiary display, Posting images from the Gardens during the holidays.
Lighting on the clouds at dusk contrasts with lights on the trees waiting for darkness.
Holiday Lighting at the Gardens
Captured a silhouette of a couple in awe of the entrance of the Chinese Lantern Festival in Belmont, North Carolina.
The lantern displays were definitely amazing and awe-inspiring. Hope you enjoyed the series of images of these creative and unique lanterns.
Chinese Lantern Festival – In Awe
A colorful dragon at the Chinese Lantern Festival in Belmont, North Carolina
Chinese Lantern Festival – Colors of a Dragon
Lanterns make up a colorful elephant-themed fountain at the Chinese Lantern Festival in Belmont, North Carolina
Chinese Lantern Festival – Elephant Fountain
A colorful display of reptile lanterns – a chameleon and an iguana – at the Chinese Lantern Festival in Belmont, North Carolina
Chinese Lantern Festival – Colorful Chameleon
Chinese Lantern Festival – Colorful Iguana
Cute monkey lanterns at the Chinese Lantern Festival, Belmont, North Carolina
Chinese Lantern Festival – Monkeys
What a creative display of a bear feasting on salmon at the Chinese Lantern Festival in Belmont, North Carolina!
Chinese Lantern Festival – Bear Feasting on Salmon
Brilliant, creative, colorful displays of jellyfish at the Chinese Lantern Festival in Belmont, North Carolina
Chinese Lantern Festival – A Colorful Jelly Fish
Chinese Lantern Festival – A Brilliant Jelly Fish
Realistic looking wildebeest at the Chinese Lantern Festival in Belmont, North Carolina
Chinese Lantern Festival – A Jumping Wildebeest
Displays of giant jelly fish lanterns at the Chinese Lantern Festival in Belmont, North Carolina look much better at night!
Chinese Lantern Festival – Jelly Fish in Daylight
Chinese Lantern Festival – Jelly Fish at Night
The theme at this year’s Chinese Lantern Festival, Belmont, North Carolina was “The Wild” as displayed in the welcome gate.
“The Wild,” a world of life-size (sometimes larger than life) illuminated panda bears, lions, flamingos and more fauna from the world’s seven continents. Each of the lanterns is made by masters of the craft in Zigong, China’s center of lantern heritage. Others are made of small glass medicine bottles filled with colored liquid. Arranged in the shape of dragons, peacocks, and giant pearls, they glimmer like crystal rainbows.
Chinese Lantern Festival – Welcome Gate
Chinese Lantern Festival – Theme
When one thinks of a Chinese Lantern, it would be generally as a source of light.
A Chinese Light Lantern
From humble beginnings of silk and paper, the Chinese lantern has evolved into wondrous shapes and sizes well displayed at the Chinese Lantern Festival in Belmont, North Carolina. Over the next few weeks, I will be posting unique images of these “lanterns.”
Chinese Lantern Festival
Photos by Ravi 