Yuyuan Lantern Festival puts Shanghai in festival mood

As part of this year's Yuyuan Lantern Festival, the Bund Finance Center in Shanghai was lit up by vibrant lantern installations on Sunday, featuring diverse products and activities to immerse visitors in the Chinese New Year vibe.

This is the first time that the highly anticipated annual celebration has been extended beyond Yuyuan Garden Malls, which was lit up last week. Running through March 3, the festival also covers Gucheng Park, Middle Fangbang Road, Fuyou Road and the Bund. While the lantern installations at Yuyuan present primarily folk cultures, the ones in other areas are more modern and trendy.

At the Bund Finance Center, the lantern installations feature a special collaboration with Chinese pop culture giant Pop Mart. At the Chinese New Year Garden Fair, installations blending the toymaker's phenomenally popular IPs can be found across the center.