Countdown to the 2017 Cross-Straits Lantern Festival

(chinadaily.com.cn)

The 2017 Cross-Straits Mid-Autumn Lantern Festival is to be staged in Zhouzhuang, a famous water town in East china's Jiangsu province, on Sept 20.

The festival, an annual event in Kunshan, a county-level city in Jiangsu which administers Zhouzhuang, aims to promote closer cultural exchanges between the Chinese mainland and Taiwan.

It is the first time for Zhouzhuang to host the grand event.

The night sky above the ancient water town will be illuminated by thousands of colorful lanterns through every night until Oct 20.

Thousands of lanterns shall illuminate the night sky in Zhouzhuang during the 2017 Cross-Straits Mid-Autumn Lantern Festival on Sept 20. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

An artistic impression of the lantern illuminated Zhouzhuang during the 2017 Cross-Straits Mid-Autumn Lantern Festival on Sept 20. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]