Toronto Chinese Lantern Festival
toronto chinese lantern festival festival held ontario place toronto ontario canada sponsored rogers medium group festival largest lantern festival held outside asia lantern large illuminated often animated display made steel framework covered paper plastic high foot long foot toronto event based historical chinese lantern festival held china fifteenth final day lunar new year celebration according legend maid imperial palace named yuanxiao wanted home family lunar new year told emperor god fire visited told planned burn city suggested emperor make city look like already burning god fire wouldnt bother emperor thus entire court city put colored lantern light firecracker mimic great fire confusion yuanxiao able sneak home festival toronto held july october featuring display focused three major chinese dynasty qin tang song artisan china came construct display festival held ontario place waterfront toronto near canadian national exhibition ground originally envisioned oneyear event success first year resulted festival returning summer fall chinese lantern festival rogers chinese lantern festival picture video