What do you think of the metaverse? Have you ever experienced lanterns through the metaverse? In 2023, the first Metaverse Lantern Fair named “Lantern City” was held in Zigong City in southwest China’s Sichuan Province. At the fair, lantern designer Li Weiwei integrated digital technologies such as live digital painting and naked-eye 3D technology with traditional lanterns. He finds out how the virtual and real worlds collided.