What is a bright fish lamp?

Daliang Fish Lantern is an important branch of autumn scenery, Foshan, and it is a lantern-tying technology with the characteristics of a water town. It was popular in Qing Dynasty and stopped in War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression.

To make a fish lamp, first tie a bamboo stick into a fish-shaped skeleton, and then dye the fish scales and fins with gauze. The master makes the meaning vivid and lights the candles, which are transparent, colorful and lifelike. Fish lanterns are six or seven feet to more than ten feet long and are supported by pillars when patrolling. Two more people are needed to support the headlights.

Fish lantern dance is a group dance in the square created by Shunde folk to celebrate the harvest of fishery. Fish Lantern Festival is a mass entertainment custom for fishermen to celebrate festivals, ancestors and harvest.

Shunde Daliang Fish Lantern Festival has a long history. From the mid-Qing Dynasty to War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, daliang town had the custom of "Fish Lantern Festival". Every autumn, choose a crisp autumn night or Lantern Festival to hold a parade. Folk fund-raising, organize the fish lamp association to be responsible for the preparation.