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Where is the Lantern Festival in China?

Lantern Opera is widely popular in Jiangxi, Guangxi, Zhejiang, Hunan, Hubei, Yunnan, Guizhou, Chongqing, Sichuan, Shaanxi and other places in southern China. It is an art form of traditional opera and belongs to folk opera.

Lantern Opera is a popular art form of traditional Chinese opera in Han nationality. Its outstanding feature is that the hand never leaves the fan and handkerchief, singing and dancing, and singing and doing are closely combined. Lantern Festival originated from folk lantern dance, which is a local opera form formed in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China. In the process of popularity, due to the influence of local dialects, folk songs and customs, different singing and performance styles have been formed.

Lantern Festival is developed from Lantern Dance, commonly known as Lantern Festival, Lantern Festival and so on. The earliest record of lantern art in Lantern Opera is the Records of Zhili County in Pingyao at the beginning of the second year of Qing Emperor Kangxi.