Photos: China Lights illuminate Boerner Botanical Gardens

China Lights at Boerner Botanical Gardens includes a display of penguins. This celebration of Asian culture features 40 larger-than-life sculptural lantern displays, stage performances and a marketplace. Twenty-eight artisans from China worked on the site for the last month to create the display.

A herd of zebras from the China Lights display at Boerner Botanical Gardens.

The prosperous fish, widely used during Chinese spring festivals, are part of the China Lights display at Boerner Botanical Gardens.

A pair of kylin, a traditional favorable beast with a calm temper in ancient Chinese tales, are part of the China Lights display at Boerner Botanical Gardens.

Giraffes are part of the China Lights display at Boerner Botanical Gardens. China Lights features 40 larger-than-life sculptural lantern displays, stage performances and a marketplace.

Lanterns illuminates the people walking at the China Lights display at Boerner Botanical Gardens.

Swans on display at China Lights at Boerner Botanical Gardens.

Everyone wants a photo of the dragon at the China Lights display at Boerner Botanical Gardens. The 200-foot-long dragon is a crowd favorite.

A woman photographs the star of the show, a 200-foot-long dragon, at the China Lights display at Boerner Botanical Gardens.

The palace lanterns attracts a crowd around dusk at the China Lights display at Boerner Botanical Gardens.

People follow the paths through the gardens with the displays lighting the way at China Lights at Boerner Botanical Gardens.

Tulips light the way at the China Lights display at Boerner Botanical Gardens.