CCTV***At present, it has entered the wax moon, and the flavor of the New Year is getting stronger and stronger, and folk activities are staged in turn.
Nanchong, Sichuan: Light and shadow light up the Jialing River, and the intangible cultural heritage performance has a strong flavor
Approaching the Spring Festival, a large-scale light and shadow show and intangible cultural heritage live performance during the Spring Festival were opened on the banks of the Jialing River in Nanchong, Sichuan. The scene is based on the imitation of the ancient Song Dynasty building "Qinghui Pavilion", and the double-layer stage on the water surface of the Jialing River combined with the large-scale water curtain projection is full of color, so that the atmosphere of the New Year continues to be full. The live performances include various intangible cultural heritage and folk performances such as unique northern Sichuan puppets, bench dragons, grass dragons, mountain hinges, Sichuan opera face changes, etc., so that citizens and tourists can feast their eyes.
Ulanqab: The New Year Lantern Festival in the ancient city is officially lit up
The Spring Festival is approaching, and the New Year Lantern Festival in the ancient city of Ulanqab in Inner Mongolia is also officially lit up. The lifelike giant lanterns form a dazzling sea of lights, and the colorful lights and antique buildings complement each other, forming a magnificent and beautiful scene. Folk activities such as iron flowers, fire dragon dances, and fireworks shows are staged in turn, making tourists forget to return.
Xiamen, Fujian: The 15-meter-high dragon lantern staged by folk customs stepped on the street and made a stunning appearance
In the past few days in Tong'an, Xiamen, the grand traditional street folk activities and the ancient city lantern festival have been opened simultaneously. Dragon dance, lion dance, waist drum team and other parades set off from the center of Tong'an City, and the performers dressed in costumes and holding props successively passed through the Tong'an Bell Tower, the former site of Tong'an County Ya and other places, and interacted enthusiastically with citizens and tourists.
Shanghai: Sing Shanghai opera and make dragon lanterns to celebrate the traditional Chinese New Year
In the past two days, various neighborhoods and communities in Shanghai have also carried out a variety of New Year's special activities. People sang Shanghai opera, made dragon lanterns, experienced intangible cultural heritage items such as ink ingots and red envelope rubbing in the Year of the Dragon, and men, women and children gathered together to promote traditional culture and welcome the arrival of the Spring Festival in the Year of the Dragon.
Ju County, Shandong: Colorful auspicious dragons fly to the lintel to welcome the New Year
In Ju County, Shandong, every New Year, every household sticks colorful door notes on the lintel. Before the Spring Festival, the local launch of a large number of dragon-related door note works, festive colorful auspicious dragon door note for the Year of the Dragon New Year to add a different charm.
Qingdao, Shandong: "Green Car" will hold a colorful event to welcome the New Year
As the Spring Festival approaches, the wanderers who work abroad have embarked on the journey home. On the Z318 train from Qingdao North to Chengdu West, a pleasant and cheerful melody sounded, and the train staff invited 3 student passengers to play melodious and cheerful music for everyone.
The "New Year's Flavor" on the fingertips of the paper-cut dragon in the Year of the Dragon
The Spring Festival is approaching, in Gaomi, Shandong, which has a long history of paper-cutting art, three generations of a family have devoted themselves to creation, and jointly cut out a hundred "paper-cut dragons" of different forms, expressing their good wishes for the New Year and their longing for a better life with ancient folk skills.
In the home of Ma Ruimei, a paper-cutting artist in Gaomi City, a hundred paper-cut dragons are lifelike, or chasing beads and playing, or meandering up, or cruising in the water, or flying into the clouds.
The ancient paper-cutting skills are mainly inherited by means of "taking samples" and "smoking samples", relying on oral transmission, and have been passed down from generation to generation. Ma Ruimei's daughter-in-law Wang Yu is also a young paper-cutting artist, she collected more than 500 pieces of the older generation's painstaking efforts - high-density paper-cutting traditional samples, flowers, birds, fish, insects, and a wide range of themes, and re-cut and framed the collection.