The Sky Lantern Festival in Chiang Mai is a very spectacular festival. There are many activities to participate in at this time of the year. Interested friends can go there. The scenic spots are very spectacular. When you look up, you can see thousands of sky lights.

The lamp is really beautiful.

It is a tradition of Chiang Mai people to release sky lanterns for free or for a fee. Later, it was integrated with tourism and became popular.

There are many Sky Lantern Festivals in Chiang Mai every year, some are charged and some are free.

1. Free venue: The free venue for spontaneous activities does not have a special venue and does not charge tickets. However, you need to buy a uniform style sky lantern on site. You cannot buy it from outside and bring it into the venue.

Later, there was an accident where sky lanterns floated to Chiang Mai Airport. Since 2015, free admission to the Sky Lantern Festival has been cancelled.

However, there are still small-scale spontaneous sky lantern releasing activities among the people. The activities are relatively loose. The sky lanterns may be placed in the sky sporadically, and the viewing effect is naturally not that spectacular.

2. Paid venue: The effect is more shocking. The tolled venue has a venue specially designed for the Sky Lantern Festival. It is large in scale and has richer activities, including singing, dancing and snacks. Participants will set the time to light up the sky lanterns at the same time. The on-site effect is better than that of the free venue.

Much more shocking.

The Sky Lantern Festival at a paid venue is an all-round experience of eating, playing and watching. Even if the tickets are expensive, it is still hard to get a ticket every year.

Which one should I attend? In terms of experience, the paid ones are undoubtedly more recommended. The free ones now are almost the same as the domestic festivals where the Kong Ming Lanterns are displayed.

It should be noted that the Sky Lantern Festival is not organized by the government, but by a private company.

During the Sky Lantern Festival every year, there will be several Sky Lantern Festival events in Chiang Mai, held by different organizers at different venues.

Every company that hosts a paid venue must declare the venue, time, number of spectators, and safety guarantees to the government, and can only hold the event after obtaining permission.

So everyone sees that the Sky Lantern Festival, which can sell tickets to the public, is basically legal.

However, some ticket sales pages will use words such as "official" and "only" for promotion. In fact, these are advertising tactics, and the price of these tickets may be higher.

As a tourist, there is no need to look for the so-called official Sky Lantern Festival (it does not exist).

When choosing which ticket to buy, you can consider the venue and ticket price.

Tips: When placing an order, please pay attention to whether the ticket is all-inclusive and whether there are performances, meals and pick-up and drop-off services.

New attractions in 2018. In the past, free admissions were located in the ancient city of Chiang Mai. The cramped streets and crowded crowds compromised the effect of viewing sky lanterns. There are also some paid admissions at Meizhou University in the outer suburbs.

Lanna Buddhist Center is more than 20 kilometers away from downtown Chiang Mai. It is still a bit inconvenient for an activity that requires playing until midnight.

Fortunately, in 2018, the Sky Lantern Festival added a new venue - Chiang Mai Farm Cowboy Farm, which is expected to give Chiang Mai's Sky Lantern Festival a brand new look and feel.

FarmCowboy is a vast farm in the north of the ancient city of Chiang Mai with beautiful scenery. You can see Mount Suthep in the distance, and there are also beautiful scenery such as Dreamland Mountain, Huiden Tao Lake and Queen's Botanical Garden.

When the Sky Lantern Festival is held here, every participant can have an unobstructed view of the spectacular scene, and photography enthusiasts can also have a good space to use their composition.

In addition, the Chiang Mai Sky Lantern Festival held at FarmCowboy Farm has some unique highlights.

1. Thousands of sky lanterns will be put on at the Farm Cowboy Farm Sky Lantern Festival. Thousands of spectators will participate in the Farm Cowboy Farm Sky Lantern Festival. All spectators will form many concentric circles, creating a spectacular scene.

Amidst the shouts of countdown, thousands of sky lanterns were released at the same time, and the moment was as bright as the Milky Way.

2. At the scene of the Sky Lantern Festival, eminent monks from various temples in Chiang Mai chanted sutras and blessed the sky lanterns. The monks would also light up the sky lanterns with the audience to pray for everyone present. The scene made people feel peaceful.

And holy.

3. Lanna culture and food Lanna culture is the traditional culture of Chiang Mai. There will be many Lanna elements appearing at the 2018 Sky Lantern Festival: various delicacies and snacks blooming with plant leaves, and Lanna handicrafts displayed on site by simple grandparents.

, as well as Lanna costumes with rich national characteristics are on display, allowing the audience to appreciate the colorful Lanna civilization.

4. Song and dance performances add to the fun. Many artists will present Chiang Mai-specific dance songs and dynamic and exciting martial arts performances. It is said that popular Thai artists will be invited to release sky lanterns to pray with everyone.

5. Free transportation to and from the Sky Lantern Festival ticket includes transportation from the city to FarmCowboy. You can play until late without worrying about transportation problems.