China News Service, Sukhothai, Thailand, November 19 (Reporter Wang Guoan) Thailand’s annual Loy Krathong Festival is here.

Sukhothai, a famous historical and cultural city in northern Thailand, will hold a three-day Loy Krathong event starting on the 18th, hoping to boost the local tourism industry through festivals and dispel the long-standing “haze” of the new crown pneumonia epidemic.

　　Loy Krathong is one of Thailand's most charming festivals, and Sukhothai is considered the birthplace of this traditional festival, and its celebrations have always been grand and enthusiastic.

　　Affected by the epidemic, this year's Sukhothai Loy Krathong activities have been reduced in scale. There is no grand float parade and various cultural performances and entertainment activities in previous years, but it still creates an impressive romantic and aesthetic atmosphere.

　　After night fell that night, the main venue of the event Sukhothai Historical Park was brightly lit.

The trees along the roads in the park meander with lights, and the grassland and the remains of many pagodas, temples and palaces are also decorated with lights and shadows, forming a large historical light show.

As clusters of fireworks rise and bloom into the night sky, lights and fireworks complement each other, history and modernity are intertwined and blended, dreamy and blurred.

　　In order to help the industry through the epidemic, the park has also set up a number of special areas to display local specialties, handicrafts and delicacies, so that visitors can experience local folk culture and life while viewing historical sites.

　　The bright moon is clear, and many tourists have bought water lanterns and floated by the river in the park.

The lights float in the river, sending people away their worries and hope for a better life in the coming year.

　　Due to the epidemic, many places in Thailand have suspended Loy Krathong activities this year.

The Sukhothai Province also stipulates that in order to prevent and control the epidemic, the number of tourists who can enter the historical park every day during the Loy Krathong Festival is limited to 15,000, and an appointment must be made and relevant epidemic prevention requirements must be observed.

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