Introduction of Xiushan Lantern

Xiushan Lantern Festival is an important school of Lantern Festival art in Southwest China. It is a folk cultural phenomenon and a folk performing art that integrates religion, folklore, singing and dancing, acrobatics and paper binding art, and it is a valuable cultural heritage of our national folk music. Xiushan Lantern is named after the most representative lantern art in Xiushan Tujia and Miao Autonomous County, Chongqing. Also known as jumping lights, lighting lights and lantern show. It is an ancient folk song and dance rap art, which is widely spread in Tujia areas at the junction of Sichuan, Hunan, Guizhou and Hubei provinces. Xiushan Lantern is a folk song and dance loved by Tu, Miao and Han people in Xiushan Tujia and Miao Autonomous County, Chongqing. It has a long history and is spread all over the county, especially in the towns and villages such as Pass, Qingxi, Lanqiao, Pingkai, Yingfeng, Yongdong, Haiyang, Rongxi, Yilong and Yuping. Xiushan Lantern has two traditional forms of performance. 1On May 20th, 2006, Xiushan Lantern was approved by the State Council to be included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list.