
Tourists visit the 40th Longqing Gorge Ice Lantern Art Festival on Jan. 15, 2026 in Beijing. (Photo: China News Service/Jia Tianyong)
The 40th Longqing Gorge Ice Lantern Art Festival opened in Beijing Thursday. The festival is themed “Legends of Longqing Gorge: A Tribute to the Classics,” looking back on four decades of ice-and-snow cultural tourism development. Drawing inspiration from the classic Chinese animated film Havoc in Heaven, the event creates a fantastical ice world, offering visitors an immersive winter cultural and tourism experience.

Tourists visit the 40th Longqing Gorge Ice Lantern Art Festival on Jan. 15, 2026 in Beijing. (Photo: China News Service/Jia Tianyong)

Tourists visit the 40th Longqing Gorge Ice Lantern Art Festival on Jan. 15, 2026 in Beijing. (Photo: China News Service/Jia Tianyong)

Tourists visit the 40th Longqing Gorge Ice Lantern Art Festival on Jan. 15, 2026 in Beijing. (Photo: China News Service/Jia Tianyong)

Tourists visit the 40th Longqing Gorge Ice Lantern Art Festival on Jan. 15, 2026 in Beijing. (Photo: China News Service/Jia Tianyong)

















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