The "dragon" and "phoenix" lanterns on the north side of the south city gate. Shijiazhuang Zhengding Ancient City Lantern Festival will be held tomorrow night in the Zhengding South City Gate area. With the theme of "Celebrating the Year of the Dragon and Painting the Ancient City with a Thousand Lanterns", the lantern festival skillfully integrates the cultural essence of the ancient city of Zhengding with the traditional cultural elements of "dragon" and "phoenix", and uses Chinese red as the main color to dress up the ancient city of Zhengding in a festive costume. The lantern festival will set up five different exhibition areas to provide visitors with an immersive experience.
The trees on both sides of Zhengding Street are covered with small red lanterns, and at night the lanterns are lit up to make the New Year smell stronger. 
The lanterns in the shape of the characters come to life. At 7 o'clock in the evening of January 30, the reporter saw near the south gate of Zhengding that colorful lights lit up the south gate tower, and everyone took out their mobile phones to take pictures. There are also tourists wearing long robes and skirts, and walking on the ancient city wall with wide sleeves, as if they have traveled through time. The city wall of the urn city gathers gorgeous and colorful lanterns, and it is also an important check-in place for this lantern festival, with pink and delicate flowers, lifelike dragon heads, and imposing war drums, which are exquisitely made and cleverly conceived, which makes people shine. Among them, there are also wonderful special performances and colorful cultural and creative food, creating a warm and peaceful atmosphere for the New Year.
The city wall of Wengcheng gathers colorful lanterns, and it is also an important check-in place for this lantern festival. 
Tourists take pictures in front of the lanterns. The reporter learned from the Culture, Radio, Television, Sports and Tourism Bureau of Zhengding County, Shijiazhuang City, that in order to further enrich the cultural tourism products and connotation of the ancient city of Zhengding and enhance the sense of experience of tourists, during the Spring Festival, the county will rely on the ancient city wall to hold a large-scale lantern festival and a series of cultural activities for the New Year. At that time, the lantern festival will be open to the public free of charge, and citizens and tourists can enjoy the exquisite lanterns, experience the strong Chinese New Year flavor, and feel the unique charm of traditional Chinese festivals.
Tourists wear ancient costumes and walk on the city wall to admire the lanterns. 
Tourists are admiring the lanterns. The Zhengding Ancient City Lantern Festival will be grandly opened on February 2 (the 23rd day of the lunar month) and will last for 39 days.
Tourists are admiring the lanterns. Text: Yan Zhao Evening News Rong ** reporter Zhang Haiqiang