Nanchang SONY light park south of the city area

Light-and-Shadow Park is a children playground of about 1,100 square metres in the south quarter of Xinli City, Nanchang, developed by Jigao Dreamworks for Jiangxi Yunfa Industrial. The narrative begins with children chasing shadows barefoot, and asks simple questions: why does the shadow follow me? Is it a little sweet? Suddenly a beam of light falls from the sky and the world goes quiet, opening a secret realm guarded by four light spirits. The first zone, Green Light-Grain Field, is for children aged 0 to 3, with more than twenty items, swings, rockers, trampolines, climbing and a water play area, the tallest about four metres. Two large-mouthed spirits appear to swallow and spit natural light, surrounded by trampolines, climbing points and a water play zone. The second, the Light Maker, is for children six and older, with about ten items at up to seven metres: spirit stepping-stones, slides, sunflower play panels, swings, telescopes, crawl nets and talk tubes. Its guardian, the largest spirit, Xia Duo, collects colour; her belly hides coloured round windows that change the circles underfoot, and a long light-grain slide lets spirits dance across the rider body. Sunflower panels must always face the sun, mirror panels flip to teach numbers, and stepping-stones hide buried light grains. The third, Blue Light-Synthesis Machine, is a smaller zone for children six and older: as three dials are turned by friends, they overlap and the projected shadows change, inviting a lesson in optics. The fourth, Red Light-Chessboard, is for ages 3 to 6, with a sun-dial game and crawl nets: rotating a dial reveals the number of steps forward on a floor chessboard, turning play into a friendly race. A Mobius-loop running track connects the whole park into one continuous ground game system, so the spirits hold hands and twist endlessly. The result is an immersive light-and-shadow playground of some thirty interactive pieces, designed to light up children colourful childhood and let their unbounded imagination take root.