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What are the lanterns in the countryside around Baoding on the fifteenth day of the first month?

Lantern Festival is a traditional festival custom.

Lantern Festival is a festival custom of Han nationality, which began in the Western Han Dynasty and flourished in Sui and Tang Dynasties. After the Sui and Tang Dynasties, lantern style prevailed in all previous dynasties and spread to future generations. The fifteenth day of the first month is the climax of the annual lantern fireworks.

Therefore, the Lantern Festival is also called "Lantern Festival". In Shanxi's county-level city walls and even towns, these residents are concentrated and bustling. Before the fifteenth day of the first month, the streets were full of lanterns, flowers everywhere, and the lights were swaying, reaching a climax on the fifteenth night of the first month. On the fifteenth day of the first month, "watching lanterns" has become a spontaneous activity among Shanxi people. On the fifteenth night of the first month, the streets are decorated with lanterns, and animal headlights, palace lanterns, lanterns, lanterns and bird lanterns attract people who look at the lights.

Lantern Festival is the most brightly lit season in a year, which can be regarded as "the fire tree never sleeps". Folk lanterns in Shanxi are no exception. Of course, there is a distinction between light and fire. Lights are lanterns; Fire means setting off fireworks