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Lantern Festival Planning Guides

Practical guides on budgeting, choosing a manufacturer and organizing a successful lantern festival — from a direct Zigong factory.

Typical budgets by project size, per-lantern pricing, the factors that drive cost, and landed-cost tips.

A 2026 buyer\u2019s checklist: direct factory vs trader, portfolio, red flags and the questions to ask.

A step-by-step guide from brief and budget to production, shipping, installation and a typical timeline.

How Shilong built the lantern recognized by The Malaysia Book of Records as the tallest God of Fortune lantern, in Perak, Malaysia.