(China News Service: Zeng Guangqun, Shanwei News) Ten thousand lights are shining, celebrating the reunion of the world. February 24 is the annual Lantern Festival. The Lantern Festival is the last important festival in the Chinese New Year customs, and it is one of the traditional festivals in China and the Chinese character cultural circle and overseas Chinese. As the finale of the Chinese New Year customs activities, the Lantern Festival has many folk customs. This year's Lantern Festival, in addition to hanging lanterns, watching lanterns, and making noise, folk activities such as dragon lantern dances, fireworks, lion dances, stilt walking, rowing boats, twisting Yangge, and guessing lantern riddles have also attracted strong attention.
During the Lantern Festival, in Meilong Town, Haifeng County, Shanwei City, Guangdong Province, the hometown of famous gold and silver jewelry, Zeng Shihe ancient residence held a traditional cultural dragon and lion dance performance, and set off fireworks. The lion dance performance of the ancient folk house of Tsang Shihe was composed of eight lions, and the wonderful performance of the young team members attracted many citizens**. The dragon dance team performance is performed by the combination of golden dragon and red dragon, and the interval is surrounded by a colorful colorful dragon, and the dragon is decorated with rainbow lights, dancing exquisitely, ** sounds, whistles, cheers, and audience interaction and cheers continue to rise. The sound of fireworks and firecrackers in the ancient house next to it is continuous, which pushes the atmosphere to a climax.
Meilong has a long history, beautiful mountains and rivers, unique language and customs, and profound cultural accumulation, and is an important coastal defense town in eastern Guangdong, known as the "jewelry capital". Located at No. 14 West Road, Xiyi Village, Meilong Town, the "Zeng Shihe Ancient Residence" was awarded the title of "Shanwei Historical Building" by the people of Shanwei City on August 31, 2018, and was officially listed on December 10, 2021, becoming a municipal cultural relics protection unit.
It is reported that the celebration of Zeng Shihe ancient houses aims to contribute to the culture and art of Meilong Town, the sub-center of Haifeng County, and its holding has been strongly supported by ** departments at all levels, attracting people from the county and surrounding towns to watch and travel. In Meilong Town, the streets and alleys of the Lantern Festival are lit up with lanterns, guessing lantern riddles, setting off fireworks, watching dragon and lion dance performances, and eating soup balls, pushing the New Year celebrations that began on Chinese New Year's Eve to another climax. (*Zeng Guangqun).