Curtain drawn on intl light festival

The 24-day Guangzhou International Light Festival, one of the world's top lighting events, came to an end on Nov 19 with its illuminations having bathed more than 8 million visitors.

On Oct 28, the second day of the event, more than 270,000 people visited Huacheng Square, one of the three venues for the festival, hitting a record high.

Visitors flock to Huacheng Square to enjoy 30 innovative lighting works on display.[Photo/southcn.com] 

The innovative lighting displays at Huacheng Square concluded yesterday while the works at the five bridges (including Jiefang Bridge, Haizhu Bridge, Jiangwan Bridge, Haiyin Bridge and Liede Bridge) over the Pearl River and Zhujiang New Town will continue to radiate until May 4 next year.

This year's festival overlapped with other international events such as World Cities Day, Guangzhou Fashion Week and Guangzhou International Design Forum, which has greatly helped to promote cultural and people-to-people exchanges between Guangzhou and the rest of the world.

A butterfly-shaped lighting work is displayed at the seventh Guangzhou International Light Festival. [Photo/southcn.com] 

The seventh Guangzhou International Light Festival is themed "Silk Road Legend" and consists of five main parts which are Light of the City, Light of the Sea, Light of the Economy, Light of Technology and Light of the Future. [Photo/southcn.com]