Meheartseoul | ~sweet memories~: [Gardens By The Bay] - Magical Garden Rhapsody and Christmas Wonderland

Friday, 26 December 2014

[Gardens By The Bay] - Magical Garden Rhapsody and Christmas Wonderland

We landed at Supertree Dining and had our dinner at Hill Street Coffee Shop before we embarked on a night journey through rainforests of the magical world with Garden Rhapsody's "Rainforest Orchestra" at the giant SuperTree Groove.

Singapore local delights: Nasi Lemak, Prawn Noddle Soup

and Seafood Fried Rice.

SuperTree Grove from Cloud Forest Dome

These uniquely designed vertical gardens of 25 to 50-metres (about 16 storeys tall) have large canopies that provide shade in the day...

They come alive when the sky turns dark...

with an exhilarating display of light and sound.

Marina Bay Sands and SuperTree.

They can be found all around the Gardens - twelve at the Supertree Grove, and the remaining six are placed in clusters of threes at the Golden and Silver Gardens.

Providing scale and dimension to the Gardens while marrying

the form and function of mature trees...

Supertrees are made of four parts: reinforcement concrete core, trunk, planting panels of the living skin, and canopy.

These Supertrees also create height to balance the tall

developments in the Marina Bay area.

The Supertrees are joining in the festive celebrations.

and adding to the magical atmosphere at Gardens by the Bay

with a Christmas Edition of the “Garden Rhapsody”.

Be entertained by familiar Christmas tunes as the towering vertical gardens come to life

every evening in a specially choreographed 12-minute music and light show.

This festive edition runs from 17 Nov to 1 Jan,

twice nightly at 7.45pm and 8.45pm, at the Supertree Grove.

Do check out "The Luminarie" Italian Sculptures of Light.
All the pieces are delicately handcrafted and flown in from Italy.

Stunning Spalliera Luminarie standing 17m tall and 31m wide.

Based on original drawings from Baroque architecture

in the 16th and 17th century.

These sculptures of light are full of form, dramatic intensity and emotions.

The Luminarie makes spaces grand, intimate and magical!

Couldn't mange to capture the whole crown-shape of Spalliera,

so this is 360 view it :P

Blizzard 'Snow' Time inside Spalliera!

Though it's not real snow... just foam bubbles,

but everyone was happily playing with it including us ^^

White sparkling 'snow' on night sky!

White Christmas came true in Singapore. 호호호~!!!

after the snow ended in 10 minutes...

the hanging snow on the wires look like constellations.

A mini Capola - Cassa Armonica.

This eight-metre-tall beautifully illuminated gazebo

will play host to a special line-up of carolers every

Friday, Saturday and Sunday during the festival.

Mini Frontone of 14.4m at the entrance into the Supertree Grove.

The Arrival Arches consisting of one Frontone of 15.65m and six Arches.

Guardian Lions and Arches welcome visitors at both ends of the Supertree Grove

Chinese guardian lions are always presented in pairs, with the male on the right, with its right paw playing with a ball that represents “power” and the female on the left, with a cub under her left paw, which symbolizes the cycle of life.

According to the Taoist philosophy, the paired lions are also a representation of yin (female) and yang (male), which are the two contrasting and fundamental elements of the “Way”. While the male lion guards the entrance, the female lion protects the interior of the dwelling.