Fire Lamp Parade. 
The dragon and lion dance together under the archway, and the crowd rejoices.
The deans of Huxiang Academies from Yuelu Academy, Shigu Academy, Lianxi Academy, Lujiang Academy, Lijiang Academy, Dongshan Academy, Yehou Academy and other Huxiang Academies read out "Civilization Has Images".
Dragon and lion dance together", the flames are everywhere.
The Zhurong Town performance group led the audience to a bonfire performance.
Iron flowers whirl. Red Net Moment Hengyang, February 23 (Reporter Tan Qian) People are like the sea, and the lights are like a tide. "Let's go, go to the Nanyue Temple Fair! "Starting at 7 o'clock in the evening on February 23 (the 14th day of the first lunar month), the thousand-year-old town of Nanyue, after a heavy snowfall, a Zhurong holy flame was passionately lit, kicking off the 3-hour "Fire Nanyue, Chinese Year" 2024 Nanyue Spring Festival Temple Fair Fire Lantern Festival Activities. This Zhurong flame winds through the streets and alleys, lighting up the fireworks in the world and conveying light and happiness.
In the 2,820 years of Chinese history, 2024 is the 47th year of the Jiachen Dragon. The celestial stem and the earthly branch cycle are matched, and each stem and branch year is a Chinese year that occurs once in 60 years. According to traditional Chinese auspicious culture, the Year of the Dragon represents good luck, prosperity, and good luck. Therefore, in the year of the dragon, it is generally believed that good things will come and good luck will come one after another. At the same time, since Jiachen represents the flow of time and the changes of history, it also indicates that this year will be a new beginning.
That night, the flags in front of the Nanyue Temple were unfurled, and the gongs and drums were noisy. The whole event is divided into four parts: passing on the torch, flying the fire dragon, shining China, and fire dance carnival. Under the accompaniment of **, the Lingxing Gate slowly opened, and a huge parade team composed of golden boys and jade girls, lantern laymen, pilgrimage songs and dances and dragon and lion teams came out, they were dressed in costumes, holding colorful flags and lotus lanterns, meandering through the streets and alleys, lighting up lotus lanterns for thousands of households, and praying for the blessings of the people of the world.
In Zhurong Town, the music and dance "Dragon Wish" interprets the wish of the prosperous world, and jointly prays for world peace, people's well-being, and social harmony; The deans of Zhonghu Xiang Academy, led by Yuelu Academy and Shigu Academy, sang "Civilization Has Elephants"; The intangible cultural heritage dragon and lion performance made the onlookers addicted, and they took photos with their mobile phones to send them to Moments; A bonfire is lit in the Five Elements Square, and iron flowers are swirling. For a time, Nanyue Ancient Town presented a magnificent scene of "thousands of lights reflecting the New Year".
This year's lights are very exciting, the taste of the New Year is relatively full, it is very enjoyable to watch, and I also feel the charm of our traditional Chinese culture and folk customs. Ms. Zhu, who came from other provinces to participate in the Fire Lantern Festival, said that this was the first time to experience the authentic folk New Year flavor with her family in Nanyue.
Nanyue in the year of the dragon attaches more importance to the inheritance and development of traditional culture. As a traditional large-scale folk event, the Nanyue Temple Fair has lasted for thousands of years, and this year's Nanyue Temple Fair consists of eight themed activities. Among them, the "Fire Lantern Reflecting Spring" activity is the first ancient custom inherited in the local area for thousands of years - the Fire Lantern Festival.
As the god of fire guards, Nanyue Hengshan is one of the representatives of the "root culture" of the Chinese nation, with a rich collection of humanities. The Nanyue Fire Lantern Festival ignites the eternal flame of Hengyue to light up the fireworks in the world, with the dual guidance of cultural rejuvenation and national rejuvenation, let the light of thought illuminate the way forward, and aggregate a more majestic atmosphere and pattern for Hengyang cultural tourism. At the same time, the Fire Lantern Festival contains the beautiful meaning of enlightening wisdom and spreading light, and also expresses the good wishes of the five mountains and the four seas, bringing tourists a full sense of "ritual" for the New Year, so that the majority of tourists can enjoy a rich festival and cultural feast.
It is understood that during this year's Spring Festival holiday, the tourism market in Nanyue Hengshan is hot again. As of noon on February 18, a total of 123 tourists were received560,000 person-times, a year-on-year increase of 6745%；Total tourism revenue 130.8 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 649%；Among them, tourists from outside the province accounted for 72%, and overnight tourists accounted for 653%, a record high in recent years.