In Chiang Mai, people believe that setting up sky lanterns can bring good luck, pray for peace and prosperity, and it is also a way to pay respect to the ancestors of the spirits in heaven. The Lantern Festival is generally held in November each year, the date will change, is carried out according to the local calendar. This year, the Lantern Festival falls on November 15 and 16.

Once a year, the dream scene of the water star and the sky lantern is staged at the same time, romantic and shocking, just like traveling in a dream.

Thailand Chiang Mai Sky Lantern Festival, second only to the Songklam Festival in importance, is also a dreamy and mythological Thai Valentine's Day, super healing vowing ceremony, in addition to releasing water lanterns during Loy Krathong Festival, there is the habit of putting sky lanterns, in Chiang Mai, putting sky lanterns can bring good luck, pray for peace and success 🏮.

The sacrificial hands hold a variety of shapes of water lanterns, or tower, boat and lotus shape, etc., especially the lotus shape of the most beautiful water lanterns. In the middle of the water lantern, there are incense candles, flowers and small colored paper flags to show worship to Buddha, and there are also several coins placed on the water lantern to show alms.

In front of the water lamp, everyone will light the incense, close their eyes, mumble words in the mouth, or pray for family peace and happiness for a year, or pray for children's academic progress.

For tourists, in addition to feeling the local customs and seeking good luck, the sky lantern is also a very romantic scene, the water lantern star meets the sky of tens of thousands of lanterns, beautiful and shocking, how can not go to experience it.

Where can I experience ❓

CAD Skylantern Festival and Meizhou University Skylantern Festival are the five venues with the best reputation and the best experience, and the scale is larger than the other three venues.

🏮 Venue: CAD venue
📅 When: November 15 and 16, 2024
🪑 Seats are divided into: Standard seat, VIP seat, Premium seat
🔸CAD site official organization, a large scale, spectacular scene, there will be a lot of people to watch, the scene will be more shocking, will be cheaper, will provide buffet in the venue, when the sky lantern will also set off fireworks, very romantic.

🏮 Venue: Meizhou University
📅 When: November 15 and 16, 2024
🪑 Seats: Regular seats, VIP seats
🔸 is the earliest ancestor of the Lantern Festival with a history of 40 years. It is also the only Lantern Festival organized by Buddhist associations with a strong traditional cultural atmosphere and a full sense of ritual. There are lakes around the venue. You can photograph the reflection of tens of thousands of people on the water. It's amazing.

🏮 Venue: YLF venue
📅 Time: 2024.11.15
📍 Where: Gassan Panorama Golf Club, South Ben
🔸 A picturesque viewing spot for an unforgettable night of cultural immersion at the Lanna Temple Amusement Fair! Thousands of lanterns light up the night sky in northern Thailand to witness Loy Krathong, and thousands of lotus baskets decorated with flowers and candles float on the river.


Although the Lantern Festival is held in November, many places have already been booked, so... If you want to watch it, please hurry up.