Display in Hong Kong Handover 1997, breaking the Guinness World Record,
was the milestone of Hong Kong's new era. Hong Kong was re-unified with
China in 1997. To celebrate such historical moment, a Golden
Dragon flew across the Kowloon Peninsula, embracing the wishes and
confidence of Hong Kong people and heading towards the Victoria Harbour.
Dragon is the symbol of Chinese people. It also has the implication of
prosperity and dynamism. The body of Dragon was composed of a series of
representative and meaningful scenes of Hong Kong. the decoration was
located in the central commercial district of Hong Kong, the Nathan
Road, heading across the heart of the Kowloon Peninsula from Tsim Sha
Tsui to Mongkok.
This Golden Dragon lighting display was one of the official celebration
events for the Handover. Wide Loyal Fliexilight was the sole supplier
for this meaningful project. The Dragon was 3.5km long, lying in the
heart of Hong Kong, which broke the Guinness World Record as the
world's longest decorative lighting display. it was made up of 50,900m
Flexilight which was made into different patterns on iron grids, which
were assembled along the arch of the middle of Nathan Road.
The construction lasted for 3 months. Different models of Flexilight
including Instant Flexilight, Mini Flexilight, Square Chasing
Flexilight and rectango Chasing Flexilight were all applied to build
the Dragon.
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