Shanghai Disney Resort ushers in the Year of the Snake.
If you plan to travel or stay in Shanghai during the upcoming Spring Festival holiday, there are plenty of options!
Shanghai Disney Resort celebrates the Year of the Snake.
Shanghai Disney Resort
As the Year of the Snake draws near, Shanghai Disney Resort is inviting people to celebrate the occasion with a variety of festive activities, refreshed decorations, and exciting new experiences!
Embrace the magic of the Year of the Snake at the resort, where a spectacular celebration runs through February 14. Join Gary, the charming snake from Zootopia 2, in a festive extravaganza filled with themed decorations and exclusive shows.
The resort has been adorned with snake-themed decorations, Chinese lanterns and splashes of red and gold, symbolizing luck and prosperity. The Gardens of Imagination will feature Gary as the centerpiece, creating perfect photo opportunities, while the Garden of the Twelve Friends will transform into a New Year Wishing Garden, with Gary at the heart of the Year of the Snake mosaic.
Address: 310 Huangzhao Road, Pudong New Area 浦东新区黄赵路310号
The Shanghai Oriental Pearl TV Tower has been spruced up.
Shanghai Oriental Pearl TV Tower
If you love all things flurry, here is something for you!
From January 27 to February 21, the Oriental Pearl TV Tower will join hands with the "Flurry Party" IP to host a flurry party – "Good Fortune with the Snake" New Year pop-up event at the 0-meter Hall.
The event will feature a giant "Good Fortune with the Snake"-themed interactive installation, a festive interactive play area full of traditional Chinese Lunar New Year elements, and limited-edition healing toys beloved of young people, enhancing visitors' experience during the Spring Festival.
Address: 1 Century Avenue, Pudong New Area 浦东新区世纪大道1号
The Yuyuan Garden Scenic Area is lit up.
Yuyuan Garden Scenic Area
The iconic dazzling Yuyuan Lantern Fair ushered in 2025 with a display of light and artistry.
This year's theme, "Mountain and Sea: A Jungle Story," celebrates the 30th edition of the fair. It offers a fusion of traditional Chinese culture and modern artistic expression.
Visitors can explore an intricate world where ancient myths merge with modern artistry, with colorful lanterns depicting legendary beasts like golden serpents and mythical animals.
The Zigzag Bridge is adorned with fluttering butterflies and greenery. It beckons visitors into a world where light and shadow blur the lines between reality and fantasy.
The "Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) Celebrates the Spring Festival 2025 Yuyuan Fair" has also started, featuring over 50 ICH programs from all over the country. Many inheritors have brought their "signature skills," filling the event with a strong festive atmosphere.
Address: 265 Fangbang Rd M., Huangpu District 黄浦区方浜中路265号
A fire performance at Shanghai Happy Valley.
A snowy effect is presented at Shanghai Happy Valley.
Shanghai Happy Valley
From January 28 to February 16, Shanghai Happy Valley will launch a series of Chinese New Year activities.
Visitors can appreciate the fire pot performance up close and feel the charm of the Chinese intangible cultural heritage.
Passionate and thrilling Chinese warrior dances will be performed.
Moreover, the Spring Festival music fireworks show will illuminate the skies of the amusement park for six consecutive days, inviting people to celebrate the Spring Festival together under the dazzling fireworks.
Address: 888 Linhu Road, Songjiang District 松江区林湖路888号
A performance at Shanghai Haichang Ocean Park.
Shanghai Haichang Ocean Park
The park will host a fun Dragon Palace Fairy Festival, showcasing five major intangible cultural heritage items, namely bench snake performance, Minnan deities' parade, "Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea" color boat show, flower lanterns, and fire pots performance.
The colorful boats, in various animal shapes such as phoenix and whale, will be adorned with lanterns and performances based on Chinese mythology will be staged on them.
There will also be an animal-themed Spring Festival parade, and fireworks will be set off for seven consecutive days during the Spring Festival, allowing everyone to enjoy a romantic year with firework shows!
Address: 166 Yinfei Road, Pudong New Area 浦东新区银飞路166号
Shanghai Romance Park celebrates the Spring Festival.
A lantern show at Shanghai Romance Park.
Shanghai Romance Park
Through the holiday, the park will bring tourists a unique experience with fire shows, intangible cultural heritage displays, and Shanghai-style operas, offering an unforgettable audiovisual feast for visitors.
Fire pots, fire knives, fire sticks, and fire-breathing dances... The tourist attraction will bring together diverse fire cultures from all over the country, offering visitors a real and exciting fire celebration, igniting "Chinese-style" romance and passion.
A Spring Festival ICH concert, carnival parade, the puppet show "Wonderful Night at the Puppet Museum" and "Fish Leaping New Spring Parade" are all on the menu.
An intangible cultural heritage bazaar will be hosted, with activities such as rubbing, sugar blowing, dough modeling, sugar painting, and lantern making.
Address: 1750 Century Avenue, Pudong New Area 浦东新区世博大道1750号
Children explore marine animals at Shanghai Changfeng Ocean Park.
Shanghai Changfeng Ocean Park
It is a paradise for children!
The newly renovated "Boulder Beach" at the park accurately replicates the penguins' natural habitat, showcasing the differences between day and night rotation.
There are also immersive interactive experiences to add to the fun. Visitors can press a button to experience various climate simulations, including the surprising moments of wind and rain, as well as exploring waterfalls, caves, and the special paths where penguins walk.
The park has also been equipped with special joystick TVs, allowing children to zoom in or out according to their preferences, or crawl through tunnels to take close-up photos with penguins.
Address: 451 Daduhe Rd, Putuo District 普陀区大渡河路451号
A show at Shanghai Film Park.
Shanghai Film Park
Relying on professional film set technology and performances, five movie and TV drama scenes will be recreated.
Visitors can follow a snake-shaped route to tour a simulated Nanjing Road, the Shiliupu Wharf, the Paramount theater, shikumen (local stone-gate houses), and the Jing'an Temple Road Café, experiencing the unique New Year flavor and cultural charm of the Bund.
Spring Festival lion dances, a trip back to 1990, New Year snowy scenery, stage performances, and melton iron flower shows will usher in a unique Shanghai-style Year of the Snake!
Address: 211 Cheting Highway, Songjiang District 松江区车亭公路211号
Panlong Tiandi is lit up for the upcoming Chinese lunar new year.
Panlong Tiandi
Panlong Tiandi, a renewal and upgrade of the ancient Panlong Town in suburban Qingpu District, has been illuminated by a dazzling light extravaganza.
To usher in the Year of the Snake, Panlong Tiandi presents a giant waterborne snake lantern amidst the waterways of the Jiangnan (south of the lower reaches of the Yangtze River) region.
The spirit snake twines through the ancient Xianghua Bridge of Panlong, which has stood for a thousand years. Meanwhile, the streets and bridges of Panlong are adorned with 1,000 snake-shaped lanterns.
Traditional performances such as dragon and lion dances will be staged, and inheritors of the intangible cultural heritage lantern technique will showcase their skills of iron weaving and hand-painted lantern decorations.
Snakes and fish are both the earliest totems of the Chinese nation. In addition to snakes, people will find handmade red fish swimming under the Hanchun Bridge, bearing auspicious meanings and best wishes for the Chinese New Year.
Address: No. 8, Lane 123, Panding Road, Qingpu District 青浦区蟠鼎路123弄8号