Under the light, an "auspicious dragon" raises its head and bends its neck, as if it is swimming on the mountains and rivers.
During the Spring Festival, a variety of dragon-shaped patterns and flaming red lanterns decorate the Nanchang Wanshougong Historical and Cultural District. Activities with the theme of "dragons" such as the Blessing Ceremony, the Intangible Cultural Heritage Dragon Dance, the Adventures of the Dragon Clan, and the "Dragon, the Spirit" Lantern Exhibition were staged in turn, bringing visitors a sense of ritual exclusive to the Year of the Dragon.
The picture shows the shape of the "auspicious dragon" in the historical and cultural district of Nanchang Wanshou Palace. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Lai Xing "A glance through a thousand years ago, a blessed year in the Wanshou Palace". Behind the "auspicious dragon" lantern is the Iron Pillar Wanshou Palace, which has a history of more than 1,600 years and is a representative symbol of Jiangxi's local culture. "It started because of the commemoration of 'Jiangxi Blessing Lord' Xu Xun, because of the migration of Jiangxi immigrants, and with the rise of 'Jiangyou Business Gang' all over the world. Mei Lianhua, chief cultural consultant of Nanchang Wanshougong Historical and Cultural District, has long been committed to the study of Jiangxi folk customs, and has treasured the culture of Wanshougong.
Among the thousands of longevity palaces in the world, the Tiezhu Wanshou Palace located in the Xihu District of Nanchang City is particularly special, it is known as the ancestral court of the Tianxia Wanshou Palace, which has been damaged and rebuilt many times. In order to resurrect this important cultural landmark, Nanchang has introduced high-quality cultural formats such as time-honored brands, intangible cultural heritage, and creative industries, implanted modern cultural tourism ideas, and given it new life. Today, this block has become a veritable "Nanchang meeting room", and has also been rated as a "national night culture and tourism consumption gathering area".
The colorful lights are bright and bustling, and a "Dragon Adventure" is being staged.
Visitors with a map in hand, search for four Dragon Prince NPCs (non-player characters) and answer their questions to collect stickers to redeem for New Year's gifts. As soon as the prince of Beihai, dressed in a white robe and wearing a dragon horn, appeared, he attracted the attention of many tourists, guessing word puzzles, saying idioms, and ...... poemsWonderful interactions set off round after round of climax.
Listening to tea operas, tasting food, watching intangible cultural heritage, and looking for fortune dragons", people strolled through the stone streets, exploring the stories of the old city such as Cuihua Street, Luo Lane, Vinegar Lane, Guangrunmen Street, and Contract Lane. Walk through the noisy contract alley, push open the vermilion gate, and enter the intangible cultural heritage ingenuity museum. The series of folk art activities of "When the Dragon Meets Art, a New Year's Encounter" is being held here, focusing on the intangible cultural heritage skills such as Ganfa embroidery, Linchuan weaving, and Nanchang Yutuo.
In the Ganfa embroidery intangible cultural heritage booth, embroidery works such as landscapes, figures, and Fulong are vivid. Tourists use embroidery needles as pens and hair threads to embroider on the fan surface.
The picture shows tourists experiencing Jiangxi Nanchang Ganfa embroidery. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Lai Xing "During the Spring Festival, we received many tourists, among which the 'post-90s' and 'post-00s' young people accounted for the largest proportion, and they were full of curiosity about intangible cultural heritage. Wan Ye, the apprentice of Tao Yonghong, a non-genetic person in Ganfa embroidery, said.
Whether it is strolling through the quaint streets or sitting in the quiet intangible cultural heritage ingenuity hall to learn skills, people can not only enjoy the beauty of modern fashion to life, but also touch the charm of traditional culture when they come to the Wanshougong Historical and Cultural District.
The block, which is only the size of eight football fields, receives as many visitors a day as the population of a small county. Zhang Ke, general manager of Jiangxi Wanshou Palace Cultural Tourism Business Management, introduced that during the Spring Festival this year, the average daily passenger flow of the block exceeded 200,000 people. (Reporter Lai Xing).