The second largest city in France Lyon this month 8 ushered in the city once a year the most important traditional festival – the festival of lights. This with the football, food known French city, every year before Christmas a shadow interweave visual gluttonous dinner, for local citizens and tourists come to bring colorful beautiful memories. Details of the network connection, the China Radio International Festival of lights in the scene reporter Wu Xinxin correspondent, first of all please introduce to us the history and origin of Lyon light festival.
Reporter: Lyon Light Festival dates back to the 1643. Reportedly, the Lyon City plague ravaging. In order to save the city, local officials and nobles to the virgin Maria. Sure enough, the plague soon disappear from the scene. Thanksgiving Lyon who decided early in each of the 12 light window a small candle, as expressed in the gods bless Thanksgiving, but also contains all the hopes of a better life. Then from 1852, the festival of lights is gradually formed the scale, has continued to the present day. In general, the annual festival of lights are from the beginning of December 8th, lasting four days, it is said that this month’s end on 11. During the festival, the city of Lyon is every kind of lantern with a new, colorful flowers landscape rendering the entire city of lyon.
It is worth mentioning that, now this is a traditional festival along with the changes of times, the content is constantly enriched, and has been inducted France and even all the world famous designers of whimsy, show the brand-new vigor. While the local government will festival as an annual objective financial income, because during the festival, every year attracts many from France, Germany and other city neighbouring Switzerland, Belgium tourists to come to encourage appreciation.
Host: so, give us some of your site, what one sees and hears in the festival of lights.
Reporter: now I’m in Lyon in downtown Beller Court Square, because of the importance of geographic position, almost every year is the festival of lights is one of the important meeting. Because the square of a famous statue of Louis Xiv, so every year the artists around the statue to rendering light. Creative artists will this year many are lights lit the photosphere is flying, the ball against the entire Beller court square. Photospheric may rise to 33 meters from the ground position will stop, colorful lights shine the whole square.
As I just mentioned, Lyon light festival actually has its religious origins, although now festival was given a lot of modern art, but a religious significance is never obliterated, organizers also attached great importance to this consideration. The famous St. in Lyon. Let Cathedral, a use of lighting and sound combination of performances for the devout Catholics also bring a light Festival unforgettable mass. Accompanied by a choir of melodious singing, changing light and shadow play in the cathedral ‘s outline, to bring you an auditory and visual gluttonous dinner. So in addition to this, the festival of lights is also more consideration to the children’s preferences. Lyon Light Festival in Leon several city of their children to the musical, the cartoon image of the light display and light kite. Take the musical, every 40 minutes of a game show, let the children be interesting to watch at the same time, also can learn the history of the festival of lights. The cartoon image is so kids can chase lighting to create various cartoon characters, although only touch the walls or buildings feel, but greatly enrich the imagination of children.
Moderator: we understand, Lyon Light Festival has been the theme of energy conservation and environmental protection together. From this may introduce it to us.
Reporter : indeed. City of Lyon Light Festival this year, a total of 80 sets. I am sure you will think of so many scenes will consume a lot of power resources, but on the contrary. On this issue, I interviewed the Lyon city hall exhibition office responsible person progenitor Lavik, he told me, Lyon light festival organizers have been used in lighting technology. Compared with the traditional means of illumination, this technology can reduce energy consumption ten times, twelve times or fifteen times. Then the lights Festival, four day event at the time, more than 80 setting light to energy consumption however 3500 euro. This cost it sounds a bit weird, but it is the truth. And every year on the festival of lights ended, the organizers also paid great attention to scenery material recycle. In addition, the organizers also encourage people to take public traffic tool to visit the festival of lights, in the festival, public transport all the half-price concession.