Lantern parade on Xia Street in Wuyang, Zhanjiang, Guangdong, has a long history and is bustling with activity

"Every year on the 15th day of the first lunar month in Xia Street, Wuyang Town, Wuchuan, a lantern parade with local specialties takes place. The lanterns on Xia Street are very interesting, filled with the names of merits, official positions, registers, ancestral halls, poetic schools, and other culturally rich texts, representing the four major families near the old town of Wuyang. The lantern parade is held from the 13th to the 15th day of the first month, all night long, with lion dances, dragon dances, gongs and drums, making it a lively event with a history of 800 years. (Photo from Oriental IC)

Every year on the fifteenth day of the first month of the year, Xia Street in Wuyang Town, Wuchuan, carries out a lantern parade with local specialties. The lanterns on Xia Street are very interesting, filled with cultural texts such as names of merits, official positions, titles, ancestral halls and poetry schools, representing the four major families in the neighborhood of the old town of Wuyang. The lantern parade is held from the 13th to the 15th day of the first month, all night long, with lion dances, dragon dances, gongs and drums, making it a lively event with a history of 800 years. (Photo from Oriental IC)

Every year on the fifteenth day of the first month of the year, Xia Street in Wuyang Town, Wuchuan, carries out a lantern parade with local specialties. The lanterns on Xia Street are very interesting, filled with cultural texts such as names of merits, official positions, titles, ancestral halls and poetry schools, representing the four major families in the neighborhood of the old town of Wuyang. The lantern parade is held from the 13th to the 15th of the first month of the lunar calendar, all night long, with lion and dragon dances, gongs and drums, bustling with activity, with a history of 800 years. (Photo from Oriental IC)