What is it like to haunt the Lantern Festival in Hai Lin, Pingtian, Putian?

Very spectacular and lively.

Putian Lantern Festival, a long span of time, from the sixth day of the first month to the end of the first month 29, can be called the country's longest Lantern Festival. It is the longest Lantern Festival in the country and is accompanied by a large number of lively folk activities. Whenever the Lantern Festival comes, every house is decorated with lanterns and colors, and the celebration often lasts all night.

As early as in the Tang Dynasty, Putian had the custom of Lantern Festival. There are bamboo lyrics describing Putian Lantern Festival, in which "Lantern Festival" cloud: "Festival to the Lantern Festival Xing times life, universal people **** happy peace. There are buildings and purple strangers in full bloom, and the city is brilliantly illuminated all night long." In "Observing the Lanterns", it is said, "The moon is deeper than ever, and the lights are all over the building amidst the sound of songs and dances. I want to live and go home late, the spring night is a drunken tour."

During the Lantern Festival, folk activities are colorful and rich in local characteristics, known as the folk "carnival". The Putian Lantern Festival is the longest-lasting Lantern Festival in the country.

Putian Lantern Festival is known for its long time span, large-scale activities, mass participation and other characteristics, which can be described as "ten miles of different winds, a village of a custom", attracting domestic and foreign media focus. In addition to CCTV attention, March 3, 2015, the Belarusian national television broadcasting company also penetrated into the Putian countryside, for a period of four days "Putian Lantern" shooting activities.

Putian people's Lantern Festival is mainly based on the parade of Bodhisattvas: in ancient times, each administrative village here was built with a society, and the society enshrined was known as the "Lord Mingwang"; while the natural villages under the jurisdiction of each administrative village were called "realms", and each realm also had its own guardian deity. The natural villages under each administrative village are called "realms", and each realm has its own guardian deity. The Lantern Festival in Putian was born out of superstitious activities during the feudal era, and under the influence of the wisdom of the participants and the simplicity of the local folkways, a unique set of folk culture was formed.

Based on the size of the specifications, it can be divided into "Lantern" and "Total Lantern": the former that is, the residents of each territory to carry out the gods only around the territory tour; and so on their own busy work is completed, and then join together to make a fuss, that is, "Total Lantern". "

Since the Ming Yongle eight years (1410 years), the Japanese invasion of the Pinghai, to the Ming Jiajing forty-two years (1563 years), Qi Jiguang broke the Japanese invasion of Xianyou city, Putian more than 100 years repeatedly suffered from the Japanese. Therefore, there is another theory that such a long and rich form of Lantern Festival in Putian area is related to the long-term resistance against the Japanese. This village has the most fearless and courageous "jumping on the pyre", which encourages everyone to be braver; and that village "Bodhisattva climbing the tall ladder", which is the legacy of the previous anti-Japanese winds, all of which show the national spirit of Putian people, who are not afraid of violence, resisting the insults from outside, and self-improvement.