36 Sets of Works, 15 International Towers, 85% Made in Guangdong: The Fifteen-Year Answer Sheet of the Guangzhou Light Festival
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- Nov 13,2026
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From December 4 to 14, 2026, the 15th Guangzhou International Light Festival will light up at Haixinsha Asian Games Park and multiple locations across the city.
From December 4 to 14, 2026, the 15th Guangzhou International Light Festival will light up at Haixinsha Asian Games Park and multiple locations across the city. With an 11-day exhibition period and the theme "Toward the Light: New Rhythms of the Flower City," 36 sets of light works will be presented. The festival's 15th anniversary coincides with the opening year of the "15th Five-Year Plan," as well as the historical milestones of Guangzhou's 2,240 years as a city and 1,800 years since it acquired its name. Over the past fifteen years, the Guangzhou International Light Festival has been held fourteen times, with cumulative online and offline attendance exceeding 200 million visits, and is known alongside Lyon in France and Sydney in Australia as one of the "three major light festivals in the world."
Ⅰ. "1+2+N": From a Single Landmark to a Citywide Light Network
The core change in the spatial organization of this year's Light Festival is the establishment of the "1+2+N" layout. The "1" core island is Haixinsha Asian Games Park; the "2" thematic display axes are the New Central Axis and the Two Banks of the Pearl River; and the "N" sub-venues cover locations such as Liuhua Center, the Huangpu Fuxu Ancient Canal, and Haizhu Square.