Fire dragon dance on the water, lion dance on the water high pile, lion dance over the fire ring, double lions on the high pole ......On February 3rd, Baomo Park was bustling with activity, with a series of wonderful and difficult dragon and lion art performances feasting visitors' eyes and applauding. On the same day, the 2024 Baomo Garden New Year Lingnan Lion Dance Folk Culture Festival and Tide Play New Year Garden Party series activities officially opened. The event will last from February 10 (the first day of the Lunar New Year) to February 16 (the seventh day of the Lunar New Year), and is divided into two sessions every day: morning (11:00-11:50) and afternoon (14:00-14:50).
The 2024 Baomo Garden New Year Lingnan Lion Dance Folk Culture Festival and Trendy New Year Garden Party series of activities opened.
At the opening ceremony, the gongs and drums were noisy, the lights were colorful, and the atmosphere of the New Year was everywhere. "Dragon and Lion Leaping to Celebrate the New Year" landscape real-life dragon and lion stunt show allows tourists to feel the strong New Year atmosphere in advance. "Inspiring the Flying Song of the Prosperous Age", "The Lions Celebrate the New Year", "The Lion Climbs the Flaming Mountain", "The Year of the Dragon" and other programs were brilliantly staged. Among them, the program "Lion Climbing the Mountain of Flames" is a highlight of this year's dragon and lion performance, a special fireworks ring is set up on the plum blossom pile on the water with high and low staggered, and the lion flashes and whirls on the plum blossom pile more than 3 meters away from the lake surface, hangs the golden hook upside down, and jumps through the fire circle with a 360° turn, the action is thrilling, so that the audience is amazed.
The lion dance performance was so exciting, and I really sweated when the lion dance crossed the fire ring on the water. Aunt Lin from Liaoning told reporters that it was her first time to travel to Guangdong, and the lion dance performance on the water was really thrilling. With the sound of gongs and drums, the highlight of the program "Red and Red Fire Welcomes the Year of the Dragon" fireworks and fire dragons made a shining debut, and the two golden dragons sprayed fireworks at the same time on the water stage meandering and churning, and the double dragons played with pearls, echoing before and after, and the gorgeous fireworks instantly burst into unison, dazzling. In addition, the stunning catwalk of the well-known Douyin ancient style cos talent water stage also attracted the attention of the audience, allowing tourists to take the lead in unlocking the flavor of the Cantonese New Year in the collision of traditional folk customs and fashionistas.
The lion on the high pile on the water soars through the ring of fire.
Fireworks and fire dragons are here.
It is understood that the "Dragon and Lion Leaping to Celebrate the New Year" landscape real scene dragon and lion stunt show with ancient gardens, mountains and flowing water, ancient stone bridges and other scenery as the panoramic stage background, innovatively created an area of about 400 square meters, nearly 30 meters long water arc super large stage, breaking through the past Baomo Park all the water traditional stage space presentation form, grandiose, through the art of stage production and large-scale cast for the majority of visitors to bring an unprecedented dragon and lion stunt audio-visual feast.
After the end of the performance, the dragon and lion parade attracts many tourists to follow the dragon and lion phalanx to visit the park, starting from Tuyan and Mingbi, passing through the Dragon Gallery, the purple Qinghui archway, and finally arriving at the porcelain relief "Qingming Riverside Map". The parade team is composed of the golden dragon, the lion dancer, the god of wealth, etc., and the tourists shuttle through the parade team to interact closely with the lion dance, touch the lion's head, touch the lion's tail, and dip in the good luck of the New Year.
The Dragon and Lion Parade is popular with tourists.
On the same day, the Cantonese New Year Garden Party was launched at the same time. This event is one of the series of activities in the "Heartbeat Destination - Vibrant Guangdong Warm New Year" activity under the guidance of the Guangdong Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism and undertaken by Douyin Life Service Wine and Tourism Industry. At the event site, many tourists participated in it, and they participated in the creative check-in interaction of many Cantonese New Year garden fairs such as lantern shadowing, dragon prayer, New Year's departure, and fish leaping dragon gate, and enjoyed it.
Zhou Zhihong, secretary general of the Guangdong Scenic Area Industry Association, said that the Spring Festival is coming, and the major scenic spots in the province have launched a variety of activities, and issued an invitation to tourists from all over the country to "please come to Guangdong for the New Year". Zou Yirong, secretary general of the Guangzhou Area Tourist Attractions Association, also said that Baomo Garden has done a good job in the integration of culture and tourism, service management, etc., and this year's Spring Festival Baomo Garden's New Year activities have a strong flavor of the year, not only integrating intangible cultural heritage, Lingnan folk customs and other elements, but also cross-border integration, joining the two-dimensional culture that young people are keen on, so that the majority of tourists can spend a happy year full of Lingnan charm in eating, drinking and playing.
Text: Panyu financial media reporter Chen Xiao and Lu Xiaoyun.
Picture: Panyu financial media reporter Huang Guohong Chen Xiao.