Celebrating the Chinese New Year, in Shanghai, Hundreds of intricately designed lanterns shaped like flowers, butterflies and mythical creatures have transformed this venue into a festive world showcasing Chinese culture. Among the displays, a towering traditional palace-style lantern exceeding three meters in height stands out. Unlike typical lanterns made from paper or fabric, this one was constructed using large LEGO bricks. It's the first time that global toy giant, the LEGO Group, is providing such a unique festive and interactive presence at the garden to celebrate the Spring Festival. The design of the large lantern is inspired by Trotting Lantern, one of the LEGO Spring Festival sets marking the Year of the Snake. "The Trotting Lantern set marked the first time ever we put a light brick into a functioning model, which is very hard to make," Wen Xiaodong, a senior concept designer at the LEGO Group, told Xinhua, while adding that "it's also the first time that we included the dumpling element in our LEGO sets."

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