Latest Events in Sichuan(February Updated)

The 55th Chengdu International Panda Lantern Festival will light up and welcome visitors in early February 2026 at Xifeng Island, Dong'an Lake, Longquanyi District, Chengdu. The "Panda Lantern Festival" originated from the "Chengdu Lantern Festival" established in 1962, making it one of China's longest-running city-level lantern festivals that carries generations' vibrant New Year memories. This year's festival, themed "Sichuan Lanterns Illuminate the World · Dreamy Dong'an Lake," explores and innovatively revitalizes resources and values from "national treasure culture, Shu Road culture, Three Kingdoms culture, poetry culture, post-horse culture, and Hakka culture." Spanning over 330 acres on Xifeng Island, it features a dazzling "five zones, one center" lantern display route: "Sichuan Lanterns Open a New Chapter," "Prosperous Splendor of Jin City," "Galloping Hooves on Shu Roads," "Fragrant Peach Blossoms of Ancient Post Stations," "A Thriving Year of Happiness," and "The Summit of Xifeng."

The 32nd Zigong International Dinosaur Lantern Festival will open at China Lantern World on January 24, 2026. This year's lantern festival, themed "Illuminating China, Building Dreams for the Future," features 10 major sections including "Chinese Knot Boulevard," "Fortune Square," "Mulan Legend," "Artisan Intangible Heritage," and "Magical China." With 11 large-scale lantern installations and over 200 medium and small lantern displays, it creates an immersive celebration blending intangible cultural heritage techniques with cutting-edge digital technology, offering visitors an artistic panorama of "Harmonious Coexistence." This is a spectacular lantern festival blending ancient and modern elements, where Zigong lanterns, tie-dyeing, paper-cutting, and other intangible cultural heritage techniques are deeply integrated with Chinese mythological epics and classic historical tales. Centered around the imagery of the Year of the Horse, numerous folk stories, ancient legends, and cultural elements will be brilliantly showcased through the lantern displays. The "Chinese Knot Gate" lantern installation, standing 35m tall and inspired by traditional Chinese knots, achieves visual harmony from both front and back views, resembling a time portal connecting past and present. The massive "Mystical China" lantern set, approximately 210m long, draws from Zhuangzi's grand imagery of the Kunpeng fish-bird, using mythological storytelling to showcase national strength and ethnic pride. The 22m-tall "Yearly Fortune" Nian Beast lantern features AI interactive systems, enabling heartwarming "conversations" between humans and this ancient auspicious creature. For the upcoming Year of the Horse, the 180m-long "Mulan's Legend" installation—based on the Ballad of Mulan—pairs dynamic horse sculptures with Mulan's heroic bearing, conveying profound patriotic sentiment. This is a creative world where "everything can become a lamp,"This year's lantern festival pushes creative boundaries by incorporating eco-friendly recycled materials like blue-and-white porcelain, straw, medicine bottles, and chili peppers, alongside local cultural elements and trendy materials such as pipe cleaners into themed lantern displays. Not only does it showcase the concept of "turning waste into treasure," but it also revitalizes ordinary materials through intangible cultural heritage craftsmanship, embodying the cultural essence of "everything has a spirit, and masterful artistry unites all." In the "Imagine the Future" section, the dreamy lantern display "Fantasy Lantern Collection" draws inspiration from children's artwork, featuring nearly 6,000 paintings by kids worldwide. Skilled lantern artisans, like modern-day "Magic Paintbrush Ma Liang," transform these imaginative drawings into vibrant lanterns. These creations transcend skin color, age, and nationality, using light and shadow as a bridge to connect children's innocent dreams globally, planting the seeds of "Zigong lanterns" across the world. This is an immersive experience powered by technology across all scenarios. The lantern festival breaks traditional viewing modes, focusing on "technological innovation + interactive experience" by incorporating AI interaction, smart touch controls, and light-sensing technology, allowing visitors to personally trigger changes in light, shadow, and sound effects. A cross-border alliance of virtual digital humans and scenes combining bionic robotic dinosaurs with AR technology transports visitors through time for an interactive journey. Technology seamlessly connects "viewing, playing, sensing, and reflecting," revitalizing millennia-old lantern traditions in the digital age. Additionally, the 300-meter-long "Salt Street Lantern Market" has been transformed into an exclusive themed Trip Moments street, featuring diverse photo spots such as ancient-style pavilions, cyber light installations, and folk culture markets. It also offers costume rentals and prop services to cater to various photography styles. The entire park features 360-degree immersive performances, with NPCs having unique scripted roles. The storyline unfolds naturally along the tour route through interactive dialogues and fun tasks, creating a deeply immersive experience where "every step reveals a new scene, and every scene tells a story." As countless lights illuminate the new year across this ancient land, it transforms into a flowing epic of light and shadow. This is not just a meeting of craftsmanship and technology, but a profound dialogue between timeless heritage and future aspirations. Let us look forward together to how this luminous feast will brilliantly renew the millennium-old tales through light and shadow, allowing the starry river of China to gently flow within each lantern.

The 2026 Chengdu International Aerospace and Defense Technology Exhibition will be held from January 28 to March 3 at the International Intangible Cultural Heritage Expo Park. This exhibition brings together equipment matrices from various military branches including naval, land, air, and rocket forces, featuring highly anticipated national treasures such as the "20 Series" fighter jets, aircraft carrier battle groups, and Dongfeng series missiles, comprehensively showcasing the achievements of modern national defense construction. The exhibition features a special section dedicated to decrypting military equipment from the Russia-Ukraine battlefield, offering in-depth analysis of modern warfare evolution. Meanwhile, the VR all-domain combat experience capsule immerses visitors in the multidimensional battlefield, showcasing aerial-space confrontations, deep-sea hunts, and ground assaults. With engaging displays and a youth national defense knowledge challenge, this professional exhibition becomes both dynamic and entertaining. Additionally, the family interactive experience zone features a specially designed New Year Garden Party and creative DIY workshops, offering a perfect blend of national defense education, science popularization, and family bonding activities. This must-attend event promises fun for all ages!

This year's Chengdu Grand Temple Fair at Wuhou Temple integrates tradition and modernity, with grand lantern shows, boutique exhibitions, art performances, antique sacrifices, tours of the gods, creative markets, cultural activities and other projects, combining theme light groups with stage performances and digital light and shadow to create a comprehensive grand temple fair feast.

Dazhou's first Lunar New Year lantern festival in 2026 grandly opens, using the holiday as inspiration and light as its medium to blend traditional folk heritage with modern technological charm, creating an immersive audiovisual feast for local residents and visitors. The exhibition features dozens of uniquely designed lantern sets with diverse themes—showcasing both creative displays highlighting Dazhou's local culture and auspicious designs embodying Lunar New Year wishes, balancing visual appeal with cultural depth. Utilizing modern lighting technology, the lanterns incorporate dynamic projections and interactive sensors, transforming static displays into vibrant spectacles where light and shadow intertwine to create a dreamlike wonderland brimming with futuristic flair. The venue dazzles with red lanterns lining garden paths amid traditional festive decorations, intensifying the holiday spirit. Visitors can enjoy classic activities like lantern viewing and riddle-solving alongside trendy photo opportunities with illuminated installations, collectively crafting a jubilant and lively Lunar New Year atmosphere. This premier festival destination allows every guest to experience the season's joy through this radiant celebration.

The 17th Deyang Lantern Festival returned to Xuanzhu Lake Park from February 13th (the 26th day of the twelfth lunar month) to March 8th (the 20th day of the first lunar month) in 2026. The festival, themed "Three Stars Shining Brightly, Galloping Horses," featured five main sections: "Deyang Charm and Splendor," "Fireworks and Abundance," "Auspicious Autumn Evening," "Ancient Shu Mystery," and "Starry River Fantasy." Visitors could stroll through a replica of the CCTV Autumn Festival Gala's aesthetic scenes, interact with NPCs dressed in ancient Shu costumes, and participate in fun horse-hunting activities. From the grand "Ten Thousand Lanterns Illuminate the City" ceremony on the first day of the Lunar New Year to the lantern extravaganza of the Lantern Festival, there were themed events every day and exciting highlights every week.

The "Tianhe Defense Line Project" 2026 First China (Luzhou) Aerospace & Defense Technology Expo will be held from February 7 to March 6 at Luzhou International Convention and Exhibition Center. The exhibition features a 20,000-square-meter immersive display area showcasing over 400 major exhibits across land, sea, air and space domains, including 100 rare physical artifacts. Highlights include national treasure-level scientific specimens such as Chang'e-5 lunar soil samples and Mariana Trench deep-sea water samples. Over ten interactive experiences will be available simultaneously, including the People's Military Industry Public Exhibition, academician science lectures, and youth drone competitions, allowing visitors to experience the awe of national defense achievements up close and witness the magnificent journey of China's distinctive defense technology development.

This lantern festival, themed "Lanterns Illuminate Danleng, Elegance Welcomes Spring," blends traditional Chinese New Year customs with Danleng's unique local charm. Through the art of lantern displays, it conveys the joy and hope of the new year. Five themes: [1] Folk Celebrations · Cultural Revelry Part 2: Daya Danleng - Daya Culture Theme [3] Citrus Fragrance and Literary Charm · Local Culture Theme [4] Youth Paradise · Parent-Child Interactive Theme [5] Dreamy Waterscapes · Romantic Light and Shadow Theme as well as the outdoor market and atmosphere lighting

Over the past year, the LOOM World Tour has traversed numerous countries and regions, attracting millions of fans to stadiums worldwide. This world tour once again proves that Imagine Dragons is one of the most influential and charismatic rock bands in the world. Now, the grand finale of this phenomenon will arrive in China! The global rock phenomenon Imagine Dragons' 2026 IMAGINE DRAGONS LOOM WORLD TOUR returns to China for another performance! Featuring Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Chengdu, eight shows across three cities! With over 100 million hit singles and electrifying live performances with thousands singing along, Imagine Dragons will transport every audience member to a world of musical and emotional resonance. About Imagine Dragons Grammy Award winner for "Best Rock Performance" and nominated for "Record of the Year," Imagine Dragons, formed in 2008, has consistently pursued a pop-rock and alternative rock style, skillfully incorporating electronic elements into their music. Starting in Las Vegas, USA, the band quickly rose to global fame, becoming one of the top ten most streamed artists worldwide. With over 62 billion streams globally, Imagine Dragons became the first band to have 10 songs surpass 1 billion streams on Spotify. In 2026, Imagine Dragons continued to challenge themselves, using rich emotional layers and a powerful stage presence to make every performance of the IMAGINE DRAGONS LOOM WORLD TOUR a unique and unforgettable experience. During Imagine Dragons' global tour, the high-energy output and audiovisual spectacle of their live performances and interactive experiences left fans worldwide in awe. Each classic hit evoked memories of youthful days, the powerful rock rhythms reignited past passions, and the inspiring lyrics resonated deeply. Listeners soared through emotional highs and lows with Imagine Dragons' voices, experiencing the exhilarating power of their music from years past! The 2026 IMAGINE DRAGONS LOOM WORLD TOUR's three-city domestic tour was entirely produced by YYC Culture. Let's sing and shout with Imagine Dragons at the live show! Shanghai, Guangzhou, Chengdu Looking forward to seeing you there!