CCTV***February 24 is the 15th Lantern Festival of the first lunar month, and the Lantern Festival originated from the ancient custom of turning on the lantern to pray for blessings. During the Lantern Festival, people dance the fire dragon, make a social fire, eat the Lantern Festival, and a variety of activities make people feel the festive and peaceful festival atmosphere.
In **Yunxi County, Hubei, people will dance the "fire dragon" every Lantern Festival. Amid the sound of gongs and drums, a 3-meter-high and 30-meter-long "dragon" passed through the fireworks. Shangjin Fire Dragon Lantern Festival is an intangible cultural heritage of Hubei Province, with a history of more than 1,000 years, more than 100 people participated in the performance, integrating dragons, lions, lanterns, dances and fires, praying for smooth weather and abundant harvests in the new year.
In Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province, more than 1,000 performers from 14 folk drum teams welcomed the Lantern Festival by competing for hegemony among drum kings. These folk drummers waved the drumsticks in their hands and dedicated the programs that brought together the essence of folk drum music to the audience, so as to have a prosperous and lively start for everyone in the new year.
In the past two days, Zhuanglang County, Gansu Province held a high-lift social fire exhibition as scheduled, and more than 200 social fire teams made a wonderful appearance.
In Qingdao, Shandong, the radish Lantern Festival Candy Ball Club, which has been inherited for hundreds of years, attracts a large number of citizens and tourists. The stalls in the Sugar Ball Square are filled with more than 60 kinds of colorful sugar balls, attracting tourists to gather around and feast on them. In addition to various colored sugar balls, more than 40 intangible cultural heritages such as puppets, shadow puppets, zodiac dragons, and traditional hydrangeas are also gathered in the square for visitors to enjoy.
In Lianping County, Heyuan, Guangdong, a grand folk cultural activity of faithful lanterns will be held during the first month of each year, which is a kind of folk plastic art integrating bamboo art, painting, paper-cutting, and couplets, with a history of more than 600 years. The local people hang lanterns before the Lantern Festival, implying that the family is prosperous, harmonious and happy.
In the past two days, in Huizhou District, Huangshan City, Anhui Province, every household has been busy kneading rice balls. In addition to traditional flavors such as black sesame and bean paste, there are also fresh meat flavors, one sweet and one salty, which are deeply loved by the local people.
In Shidian County, Baoshan City, Yunnan Province, the local glutinous rice balls are not boiled in water, but are deeply fried. The production of fried rice balls is very particular, the raw rice balls with bean paste filling should be wrapped with a layer of white sesame seeds before frying, and when the oil in the pot is heated to boiling, then the rice balls wrapped in sesame seeds are put into the oil pot to fry, and the rice balls from the pot are oily and golden, the skin is crispy, and the taste is fragrant.
Celebrate the festive season with joy and joy
During the Lantern Festival every year, viewing lanterns is one of the essential activities. In the past few days, lantern shows with different characteristics have been held in various places, attracting a large number of tourists to watch.
In Deqing, Zhejiang, the lantern festival attracts many citizens and tourists to roam and watch. At the beginning of the lanterns, more than 20 meters of dragon-shaped lantern groups are entrenched on the thousand-year-old city wall, showing the momentum of the dragon taking off and moving forward bravely.
Ten miles of Qinhuai lights are bright, and the pavilions and pavilions surround the river embankment. The custom of hanging lanterns has a history and inheritance of thousands of years, and lanterns are not only a decoration, but also a symbol of auspiciousness, happiness and prosperity.
In traditional Chinese culture, the lamp is a symbol of light, meaning hope and a bright future. At the same time, the lamp is also related to Ding, that is, the population, so hanging lanterns also imply Tianding, implying the prosperity and prosperity of the family.
Li Lu, vice president of the Beijing History and Folklore Society, said that the northern region, especially in Beijing, likes to hang red lanterns. When it comes to the Lantern Festival, the main thing is to hang a marquee, which has some storylines on it, adding to the festive atmosphere.
There are many kinds of lanterns in China, including palace lanterns, dragon lanterns, horse lanterns, lotus lanterns, etc., as well as Beijing lanterns, Quanzhou lanterns, Nanjing lanterns, Zigong lanterns and so on. This intangible cultural heritage, which has been passed down for thousands of years, has also added a lot of fun and good memories to people's lives.
Wuwei, Gansu: Colorful activities for the Lantern Festival
On the occasion of the Lantern Festival, the citizens of Wuwei, Gansu Province gathered together to shake the flower boat, step on stilts, make a social fire, and enjoy the lanterns to spend the Lantern Festival together. Special activities such as lantern exhibitions, intangible cultural heritage performances, bonfire parties, singing and dancing performances, fireworks and light shows are staged in turn, and tourists experience the flavor of the New Year and feel the folk customs in various ways. The various lanterns on the streets are full of color, injecting new vitality into this historical and cultural city.