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China Lantern Top Ten Rankings

Ten famous lantern festivals in China are: Zigong Lantern Festival, Qinhuai Lantern Festival, Chengdu Panda Lantern Festival, Shanghai Yuyuan Lantern Festival, Wuhan East Lake Lantern Festival, Mid-Autumn Lantern Festival across the Taiwan Strait (Kunshan), Rongxian Giant Buddha Cultural Lantern Festival, Xi 'an Anxin Spring Lantern Festival, Deyang Lantern Festival and Kaifeng Dayuan Lantern Festival.

1, Zigong Lantern Festival

Lantern Festival (Zigong Lantern Festival) is one of the local traditional folk customs and national intangible cultural heritages in Zigong City, Sichuan Province. As early as the Tang and Song Dynasties, Zigong had the custom of enjoying lanterns in the New Year. There were "Lion Lantern Festival" and "Lantern Festival" in Qing Dynasty. At the beginning of the 20th century, activities such as Lantern Festival, Lantern Festival, Sky Lantern and Dragon Lantern were gradually formed.

2. Qinhuai Lantern Festival

Qinhuai Lantern Festival, also known as Jinling Lantern Festival and Confucius Temple Lantern Festival, is a folk cultural activity circulating in Nanjing, which is mainly held during the Spring Festival to Lantern Festival every year and lasts for more than 50 days every year. It is the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage, and has the reputation of "the first lantern festival in the world" and "the first Qinhuai lantern festival in the world".

3. Chengdu Panda Lantern Festival

Chengdu Lantern Festival has a long history. The Western Han Dynasty sprouted, the Eastern Han Dynasty took shape, the Tang Dynasty flourished, and it became a festival in modern times, with a history of over 1800 years. "Chengdu Lantern Festival" has become an indispensable cultural feast for Chengdu citizens during the Spring Festival, a cultural card for Chengdu's foreign cultural exchanges, and has been included in the intangible cultural heritage of Sichuan Province and Chengdu.

4. Shanghai Yuyuan Lantern Festival

Lantern Festival (Yuyuan Lantern Festival) is a traditional folk activity of Lantern Festival in Songjiang, Shanghai, and it is one of the national intangible cultural heritages. Shanghai Yuyuan Lantern Festival covers an area of 5.3 hectares and is held in Yuyuan Tourism City from the first day of the first lunar month to the eighteenth day of the first lunar month. Yuyuan Garden is an ancient garden with the architectural style of southern gardens in Ming and Qing Dynasties.

5. Wuhan East Lake Lantern Festival

The annual East Lake Lantern Festival is an activity that Wuhan citizens are looking forward to very much. The East Lake Lantern Festival in Wuhan in 2020 is about to kick off. With the approach of the Spring Festival, the annual flavor of Wuhan is gradually getting stronger.