Treat yourself to some serious eye candy at L.A. County Arboretum’s Moonlight Forest
A lantern shaped like a peacock made by Tianyu Arts & Culture lights up the L.A. County Arboretum’s Moonlight Forest Magical Lantern Art Festival.
(Marlyn Woo and Joanne Wilborn)The exhibit’s mile-long circular trail features 66 brilliantly colored and often whimsical “lanterns,” which are lit from within by LEDs.
(Tianyu Arts & Culture)The exhibit celebrates the wild peacocks that roam freely on the arboretum’s grounds.
(Tianyu Arts & Culture)Child meets panda in the Children’s World section of the exhibit.
(Tianyu Arts & Culture)The Moonlight Forest features a mildly psychedelic frog.
(Tianyu Arts & Culture)The Magical China area includes lantern replicas of the terra-cotta warriors of Qin Shi Huang, China’s first emperor.
(Tianyu Arts & Culture)The arboretum’s new Moonlight Forest is a magical display of light and color.
(Tianyu Arts & Culture)The Moonlight Forest includes performances by Chinese acrobats and dancers.
(Tianyu Arts & Culture)The Moonlight Forest at the arboretum is stunning even in the light.
(Tianyu Arts & Culture)The exhibit includes a 70-foot-long, 30-foot-high dragon “swimming” across the arboretum lake.
(Tianyu Arts & Culture)