Where are the best lantern festivals in China during the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first month? These 3 places are bright and colorful

I have the impression that there are a lot of customs about the Lantern Festival, such as eating lanterns, setting wildfires, enjoying lanterns, lion dances, and sending children to lanterns, etc., which are used to welcome the arrival of spring, and to symbolize the official end of the Spring Festival on this day. Among all the customs, the lanterns are the grandest activity of the Lantern Festival.

In ancient times, the Lantern Festival was also known as the "Festival of Lights" in folklore, and the Ming Dynasty genius Tang Bohu in the poem "Lantern Festival" said: "There are lamps without the moon is not entertaining, and there is no moon without lamps is not considered a spring"; the "Daming Palace Words" in the young Princess Taiping is in the city of Changan, and the lantern market met Xue in a mask, and the young princess is in the city of Changan. The first time I saw Xue Shao in the lantern market, I remembered him for the rest of my life.

Back to modern times, although with the development of science and technology, the traditional lanterns have been replaced by a variety of electronic lanterns, but many places still retain the old-fashioned craft of making lanterns, to the day of the Lantern Festival, the same colorful and lively, a moment as if back to the past. Today you may want to go together to see it.

Chaoshan Oil Paper Lanterns

In the Chaoshan region of Guangdong Province, there is a custom of hanging bamboo oil paper lanterns on New Year's Eve, because in the Chaoshan language, "lantern" is the same as "ding" and "bamboo" is the same as "de".

From the beginning of the first month, the village households and temples and ancestral halls will be hanging lanterns to pray for blessings, to the Lantern Festival will reach a climax, and there are children swimming lanterns of folk activities.

In Shantou Lundu Town, there is a well-known "lantern village" - Qianmei Village, where the oil paper lanterns are not only a traditional folk art, but also exported to domestic and foreign markets because of their exquisite shape.

Although the village elders can not say when this craft began, the older generation but almost all will be prepared, broken bamboo, cutting gimlet, cage embryo, paste paper, writing, decals and so on a one-two punch, a beautiful oil paper lanterns will be presented in front of the people.

The lanterns here are divided into dozens of kinds, goose egg shaped called goose egg lanterns, up and down the mouth of the called persimmon lanterns, hanging in the ancestral temple in front of the mouth of the called Daho lanterns, and eight-inch lamps, big cloth lamps, small persimmon lamps, and so on, different functions and shapes, come to the village of the tourists will be able to choose a good choice.

If you come here during the Lantern Festival, you can also come across the customary "Lantern Tour", where you can see these red oil lamps from a distance, a joyful momentum.

Quanzhou silk lanterns

As a representative of the southern lanterns, Quanzhou lanterns have a long history, beginning in the Tang Dynasty and flourished in the Yuan and Song dynasties.

When the Italian Jacob arrived in Quanzhou along the Upper Silk Road, he stayed here and watched the Lantern Festival, and later praised it in the book City of Light: "The streets and alleys of the whole city are like a flowing river of lights."

The material silk lanterns are the finest of Quanzhou lanterns. During the Ming and Qing dynasties, craftsmen made glass into silk, and the people of Quanzhou called this process "material silk" and applied it to the production of lanterns.

Later, at the end of the Qing Dynasty, lanterns combining classical paper-carving patterns and silk materials appeared, which were elegant, crystal clear, and suitable for both near and far viewing.

Earlier in Quanzhou, the lanterns would be set up in the Fuwen Temple, and in recent years, they would be chosen from the New Gate Street of Lei Cheng, Zhongjun World City, and the Maritime Silk Road Art Park, where lanterns with different themes would be held.

In the old days, small children hand-held spring lanterns, lighted candles, in Quanzhou, walking down the streets and alleys walking lights, if not accidentally burned the lamp means good omen. Nowadays, people gather in the streets and wait for the full moon to rise from the old houses and open up the bustle of Quanzhou.

Suzhou Colorful Lanterns

In Water Margin, Li Kui came to Tokyo with Song Jiang, and then he wanted to see the lanterns at the Lantern Festival.

Suzhou lanterns, also known as "Su Lanterns", appeared in the period of the North and South Dynasties, and then in Suzhou city, Wu Tend Square, Gaobiao area is dotted with a variety of stores to do lanterns. At that time, the popular lanterns were "Wanluo eyes", "clip yarn lamp", "grape lamp", "glazed ball" and so on, which were very famous in the whole country. The city is famous throughout the country.

Among all kinds of lanterns, the Wanluo Eye Lantern is the top representative of Suzhou lanterns, with more than 10,000 eyes, complex production process, and has been used as a hanging lantern in the palace. Later, during the Republic of China period, the Wanluo Eye Lantern was lost.

In the past two years, it was finally restored by the non-hereditary bearers of the Suzhou lanterns, and the former treasures are now shining again.

The correct way to open the Lantern Festival in Suzhou is of course the Ancient Xumen Lantern Festival, which, as the birthplace of the Lantern Festival, has been included in the Jiangsu Intangible Heritage Protection List.

On the day of Lantern Festival, you can walk across the Laiyuan Bridge and Hundred Flowers Bridge in front of Ancient Xumen from Wannian Bridge, and then guess the riddles and enjoy the lanterns to experience the customs of Gusu, and pray for a year of peace and happiness.

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