In Pictures: Preparing for Mid-Autumn Festival

Preparations for the Mid-Autumn Festival in September are underway, as dazzling exhibits are set to be displayed at Gardens By The Bay and Chinatown.

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Aug 30, 2016, 08:57 AM

Seven large lantern sets featuring characters such as Chang'e and the Jade Rabbit will light up Gardens by the Bay this Mid-Autumn Festival in September. PHOTO: TIFFANY GOH FOR THE STRAITS TIMES

One of the large lantern sets featuring a character of the Mid-Autumn Festival to be displayed at Gardens by the Bay this September. PHOTO: TIFFANY GOH FOR THE STRAITS TIMES

One of the large lantern sets featuring the Jade Rabbit to be displayed at Gardens by the Bay this September. PHOTO: TIFFANY GOH FOR THE STRAITS TIME

One of the large lantern sets featuring characters of the Mid-Autumn Festival to be displayed at Gardens by the Bay this September. PHOTO: TIFFANY GOH FOR THE STRAITS TIMES

There will be large lantern sets featuring characters of the Mid-Autumn Festival to be displayed at Gardens by the Bay this September. PHOTO: TIFFANY GOH FOR THE STRAITS TIMES

Visitors attach their phone to a selfie stick and place it within the lantern casing. The organisers will give out 10,000 of these casings and limited selfie sticks on September 4 at Gardens By The Bay. PHOTO: TIFFANY GOH FOR THE STRAITS TIMES

Visitors with lanterns lit up by their phones. The organisers will give out 10,000 of these casings and limited selfie sticks on September 4 at Gardens By The Bay. PHOTO: TIFFANY GOH FOR THE STRAITS TIMES

A large lantern set featuring a character of the Mid-Autumn Festival, to be displayed at Gardens By The Bay this September. PHOTO: TIFFANY GOH FOR THE STRAITS TIMES

A visitor taking a photo with one of the large lantern sets for the Mid-Autumn Festival, to be displayed at Gardens By The Bay this September. PHOTO: TIFFANY GOH FOR THE STRAITS TIMES

Large lanterns designed and conceptualised by the faculty and students of the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA) will be displayed along New Bridge Road, Eu Tong Sen Street and South Bridge Road in September. ST PHOTO: MARCUS TAN

Craftsmen from China’s Sichuan province working on a lantern in the shape of the Chinese moon goddess Chang’e, which will be the centrepiece of the Chinatown Mid-Autumn Festival 2016, themed "A Sparkling Mid-Autumn Festival". ST PHOTO: MARCUS TAN

Lantern craftsmen from Sichuan, China, fit fabrics on the 12m steel cable frame of Chang'e's dress for this year's Chinatown Mid-Autumn Festival. ST PHOTO: MARCUS TAN

Steel worker Gan He Ping, 32, bends steel cables to form the skeleton of the jade rabbit for this year's Chinatown Mid-Autumn Festival. ST PHOTO: MARCUS TAN

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