Lantern Festival photography works

The Lantern Festival photography works include "Tongliang Fire Dragon and Lantern Festival", "Hakka Lanterns in Southern Jiangxi", "Baked Miscellaneous Diseases on the 16th day of the first lunar month", "Hakka Lantern Festival Activities", "Fire Dragon Dance and Lantern Festival", "Playing iron balls to celebrate the Lantern Festival" and so on.

1. "Fire Dragons Making Lantern Festival in Tongliang"

Photographed by photographer Hu Shiwen, it won the Festival Event Recording Award in the 9th International Folk Photography "Human Contribution Award" Annual Competition. The fire dragon in Tongliang requires the courage of the dragon dancer. The climax part is to melt the iron into molten iron and sprinkle it on the dragon dancer and the dragon body through certain skills.

2. "Hakka Lanterns in Southern Gansu"

Photographed by photographer Liu Nianhai (Master's Degree of China Folk Photography Association), it won the 9th International Folk Photography "Human Contribution Award" Record Award in Festival Event Category. Hakka's bridge bang lanterns, descendants' dragons, brothers' dragons, dan lanterns and dragon lanterns are used in different ceremonies and activities, showing different styles.

3. "Roasted Miscellaneous Diseases on the 16th of the First Month"

Photographed by photographer Cui Wujie, it won the Life Customs Recording Award in the 10th International Folk Photography "Human Contribution Award" Annual Competition. Use "roasted miscellaneous diseases" to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new, praying for prosperity, wealth, peace and happiness. It is said that any disease that is roasted will be cured, and moreover, it is necessary to go to other people's homes more often to roast it, so that all diseases can be cured.

4. "Hakka Lantern Festival Activities"

The junction of the three provinces of Guangdong, Fujian and Jiangxi is inhabited by Han people who are originally from the Central Plains and have settled down after several migrations to the south. They call themselves Hakka and tenaciously Ancient traditional customs are preserved. Whether it is the ancient story of Luofang, the robbery of the God of Wealth in Yanzao, or the cannons on the stone, they are all the best expressions of the unity of relatives during the Lantern Festival.

5. "Fire Dragon Dance for the Lantern Festival"

As early as the sixth year of Qianlong's reign in the Qing Dynasty (AD 1741), Puzhai had the Lantern Festival fire dragon dance to pray for good weather, prosperity, and grain. The abundant activities have now become a custom to welcome the new year.