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Where to see lanterns in Shenyang Lantern Festival?

Shenyang sees the Lantern Festival, and the old north city welcomes the Spring Festival.

The Lantern Festival has re-presented the theme of "one city rejuvenating one city" and the cultural keynote of "the old city is the most Shenyang", and it has integrated local culture, intangible culture, blessing culture, traditional folk customs, fashion elements, social experience and high-tech performing arts to meet the needs of tourists to enjoy bright lanterns, taste special food and watch wonderful performances.

As one of the key cultural tourism brands in Hunnan District, Shenyang Spring Festival Lantern Festival attracted the attention of tourists from Shencheng and surrounding cities as soon as it appeared. The theme of the unprecedented Spring Festival Lantern Festival is "Dream", "Tide Play" and "Retro", and the mountain and sea spirits such as Nu Wa and Jade Bird in the "Mountain and Sea Myth" leap out of the lanterns with landscape shapes.

Lantern Festival custom in Shenyang;

1, Yingzigu: According to an ancient legend, Yingzigu was a kind and beautiful woman who was forced by life and became the concubine of a rich man, but was jealous by others and died unjustly in the toilet. Later, she was named Ce Shen. On the night of the Lantern Festival, people will make a model of a daughter-in-law out of straw to offer sacrifices to her and pray for her to protect the health and safety of her family.

2. Walking on stilts: Walking on stilts is one of the traditional activities of the Han nationality. Every holiday, people will move out and walk on stilts together to celebrate excitedly. At the same time, walking on stilts is also a variety of traditional operas, which are deeply loved by the people.

3. Sending lanterns: Sending lanterns is also called sending children's lanterns. In ancient times, before the Lantern Festival, newlyweds always received lanterns from their parents, because lanterns are homophonic with Ding, which means that in the new year, their daughters' homes will be able to import more flowers and people will be prosperous. Now there are many such scenes in many TV dramas, where women put lanterns in the river.