THE Festival of Light at Longeat House will welcome a team of highly-skilled artists from Zigong in China’s Sichuan province next month.
The amazing artwork, which includes a 50-metre-long floating dragon boat, a five-metre-tall teapot set, the Chinese zodiac and a stunning recreation of the famous terracotta army will be part of the event on November 13.
More than 18 kilometres of silk, 20 kilometres of LED lighting and 76 tonnes of steel will be used to create the spectacular glowing tableaux.
There will also be 23,000 individual lanterns, and the group will be constructing a twenty-metre-tall Porcelain Pagoda out of 80,000 porcelain cups, bowls and plates.
Zigong is renowned as the birthplace of Chinese lanterns and has been staging extravagant lantern festivals for more than 2,000 years.
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