After Lantern Festival, where does the high price lantern go?

"Thirteen on the lights, eighteen lights down" talking about Lantern Festival will not miss the lantern. According to the custom, lanterns are hung on the 13th of the lunar month. Today, the cost of these delicate lanterns ranges from a few hundred thousand yuan to as much as several million yuan. The lifespan of just six days is really a waste. The reporter learned from the organizers of the Yuyuan and Guziyuan lanterns that due to the lack of storage space and lack of recycling channels, the large lamp groups were mostly sold as scrap after falling down. They hope that these lanterns will have a better way out.

At this year's Yuyuan Lantern Festival, the "Dragon Lamp" is the protagonist. There are a total of 86 gold dragon lanterns of various shapes in the entire Lantern Festival. The reporter learned that these magnificent lanterns in the park are expensive and not costly, such as artificial construction, costing several million yuan. After the lights up, how to install a large number of lights caused the organizers to face a dilemma. "These lamps are specially designed for this theme festival of the Year of the Dragon. It is difficult to find suitable institutions to take over and continue to use them." The Old Shu Garden in Jiading Nanxiang also holds a Lantern Festival lantern annually. This year they spent RMB 300,000. About 18 large-sized lamp groups were created. Relevant person in charge said frankly that except for a small number of small lanterns that can be reused next year, large lights can only be given to waste companies. As a rule, large lanterns will be dismantled by the waste company and they will be recycled according to their materials.

Despite the high cost of large-scale lanterns, it is the hardest to use due to the complexity of the process, the difficulty of dismantling and the lack of storage space. The person in charge of Yuyuan Management stated that although they are very willing to find good partners to continue to display these lanterns, the actual operation is not easy. "It will be very difficult for the whole dragon to be disassembled and transported with more than 10 trucks and reassembled at a new location. It is not easy to find such a large venue."

However, the fate of some small lanterns is still good. Yuyuan said that some of the simpler atmosphere lights have been viewed by some foreign groups. If the negotiations are successful, these lanterns can be used twice. A group of mushroom lamps exhibited by Gulin Garden this year also debuted last year. “Because there has been no wind and rain for a long time, small lanterns are of good quality and can be used directly. Some of them can be used again.”

The reporter learned from the interview that the organizers of the Lantern Festival had already reduced waste through the repeated use of small lanterns and the use of environmentally friendly materials, but they were still paying less than the original high costs. In addition, there are industry insiders suggest that you can refer to the Qinhuai Lantern Club's handling methods and call for companies to claim. “The Qinhuai Lantern Festival has exhibited hundreds of thousands of lanterns each year. The local government has encouraged the companies to claim the lanterns after the lanterns.” If malls often arrange exhibition halls, festive lanterns can be used, and large factories and residential communities can also be used to beautify the environment. .