Guangzhou International Light Festival lights up on November 9th - Canton Tower performs 360° light show for the first time

Author： Yangcheng Evening News Time：2024-11-09 23:15:44 Read：58

Yangcheng Evening News reporter Guo Siqi reported: On November 1, the press conference of the 2024 Guangzhou 

International Light Festival was held. 

The reporter learned from the meeting that the 2024 Guangzhou International Light Festival will officially light up 

on November 9 and last until the 18th, a total of 10 days.

Guangzhou Tower performs 360° light show for the first time

This year's light festival is themed "Vibrant Bay Area·New Color Guangzhou" and adopts a "1+2" model with a new 

central axis main venue and two sub-venues.The new central axis main venue includes Huacheng Square, Haixinsha

 Asian Games Park and Guangzhou Tower. The two sub-venues are the one-river-two-sides sub-venue and the

 Huangpu District sub-venue.Among them, the one-river-two-sides sub-venue includes the facades of 24 buildings

 on Yanjiang Road, Liede Bridge, Haixin Bridge, and the facade of Pazhou West District. The central stage of the

 Huangpu District sub-venue is located in the Science Square of Science City.

This year's lighting festival has collected nearly 50 sets of works from domestic and foreign designers. On the evening

 of November 9, the lighting ceremony of the 2024 Guangzhou International Lighting Festival will be launched at the

 main venue of the New Central Axis. At that time, the dynamic lighting installation works located in the South Square 

of Huacheng Square will jointly present a 360° circular light show with the Guangzhou Tower for the first time, showing 

the development vitality of the core cities in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area  On the waters of 

the Pearl River, there will be a number of Pearl River cruise ships that will make a stunning appearance in formation and 

interact deeply with the light and shadow of the whole venue. During the lighting ceremony, the organizers will also use 

the Pearl River waterway and the facades of the buildings along the coast as carriers to stage a "light and shadow drama" 

with time as the axis on both sides of the river.

Immersive space takes you to experience the future

The reporter learned from the meeting that this lighting festival uses "artificial intelligence" as the overall creative source

 to explore the integration and development of lighting technology, AI technology, and future technology. In addition

 to static lighting works, a giant light and shadow immersive experience space is set up on site, allowing the audience 

to experience life under the development of artificial intelligence in advance. The Light Festival also introduced more 

than 30 light performances full of experience, bringing an experience of the integration of technology and art to the

 citizens and tourist visitors.

In November 2024, the 15th National Games entered the one-year countdown, and Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao

 joined hands to enter the "National Games time". As an important display platform and communication channel for the 

city's image, this Light Festival cleverly combines lighting installations with sports elements, conveying good wishes for 

the 15th National Games.

It is reported that this Light Festival will implement a reservation entry system for each session. There are three sessions 

every night, and the number of reservations for each session is initially set at 10,000. During the Light Festival, the main 

venue of Haixinsha will be cleared and closed at 5 pm every day, and the Haixinsha Station of the subway APM line will 

be suspended, and the Grand Theater Station of the APM line will be suspended on weekends, forming a relatively closed

 management space to ensure that the scene is stable and orderly.

Citizens and tourists can follow the official WeChat public account of "Guangzhou International Light Festival" and

 the official WeChat public account of "Guangzhou Haixinsand", or enter the reservation interface of the Suihaoban APP, 

and make reservations with valid certificate numbers such as the second-generation resident ID card, 

Mainland Travel Permit for Hong Kong and Macao Residents, Mainland Travel Permit for Taiwan Residents, and passports.