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Lanterns of Nanjing colored lanterns

Qinhuai Lanterns A world, every Lantern Festival, Fuzimiao Qinhuai traditional paper lanterns are hot, there are a few dollars to hundreds of dollars ranging from the price of lanterns.

The annual Lantern Festival, the Fuzimiao market is hot. Every year, as soon as the Spring Festival arrives, lanterns of all shapes and sizes go on sale one after another, reaching an exuberant climax on the fifteenth day of the first month of the Lunar New Year. On that day, the street is full of lanterns and colors, a faction of fire trees and silver flowers. People, old and young, like a tidal wave of people come to buy lanterns, lanterns, lanterns, some also guess lantern riddles, eat lantern feast. "Lanterns on the fifteenth day of the first month" is a traditional custom of the people of Nanjing, to express the celebration of peace and prosperity and for the children and grandchildren begging for a better and happier life wishes.

Nanjing Fuzimiao lanterns is a long time, every New Year's Eve, Fuzimiao in a variety of handmade lanterns will come out to compete, if you do not go to take a couple of lanterns to go home, it feels less flavor of the New Year.

2009 Nanjing Fuzimiao lanterns, traditional paper lanterns than in previous years a variety of rich, some years no light and reappeared in the rivers and lakes. Lotus lamp is always the protagonist, count the style of no less than a dozen, large and small, colorful, rabbit lamps are actually still large on the ground dragging the lovely run.