Introduction of Zigong Dinosaur Lantern Festival

Zigong Dinosaur Lantern Festival is a folk cultural activity of the Han nationality in Zigong, Sichuan. Lantern Festival has a long history and distinctive features. Since the Tang Dynasty, there has been a traditional custom of burning lanterns in the New Year. In the Qing Dynasty, there were "Lion Lantern Festival" and "Lantern Festival". At the beginning of the 20th century, the Lantern Festival was gradually formed, with more activities such as sky lanterns, dragon lanterns, lion lanterns and lanterns. Therefore, it has developed into a collection of Han folk customs achievements. Zigong Lantern Festival was designated by the National Tourism Administration as "China Folk Art Tour", "China People's Life Tour" and a large-scale folk cultural activity overseas, which attracted nearly 65.438+0.5 billion Chinese and foreign tourists and was praised as "high-taste art", "flowing cultural tourism resources" and "pride of national traditional culture".