"Dong dong dong..."
Celebrating the New Year with the sound of firecrackers and drums
The folk customs of Fujian people
Starting from the Spring Festival
Continuous extension
Fuzhou’s street folk parade celebrates the New Year.
Photo by China News Service reporter Wang Dongming
Around the Lantern Festival
The popularity of this kind of folk carnival remains high.
In Fujian, where can you go to celebrate the Lantern Festival?
Please keep this guide~
How can the Lantern Festival be without lantern festivals and wandering gods?
fuzhou
Two horses celebrate the Lantern Festival in the same spring·Wandering God
Fuzhou, also known as "Rongcheng"
It is the capital city of Fujian Province
Located at the estuary of the Minjiang River on the southeastern coast of China
It has been a prosperous place for commerce since ancient times.
Citizens and tourists visit Three Lanes and Seven Alleys in Fuzhou.
Photo by China News Service reporter Zhang Bin
Across the sea from Taiwan
Not only is it the closest provincial capital city in mainland China to Taiwan,
It has also become the main ancestral home of Taiwanese compatriots and an investment gathering area for Taiwanese businessmen.
Exchanges and exchanges with Taiwan have always been close
The 2024 Cross-Strait Folk Culture Festival will be held in the Shangxiahang Historical and Cultural District in Fuzhou City. The picture shows a Yi dance performance.
Photo by China News Service reporter Lu Ming
Two horses celebrate the Lantern Festival in the same spring
It is a vivid portrayal of the profound origins of Rongtai
What are "two horses"?
One is Mawei from Fuzhou and the other is Mazu.
The 22nd "Two Horses Celebrate Lantern Festival in the Same Spring" Lantern Festival lit up the lights at Langqi Hongguang Lake Park in Mawei District, Fuzhou City, Fujian Province, attracting many citizens to visit.
Photo by China News Service reporter Wang Dongming
Since the realization of two-way direct flights in 2001,
"Two horses" holding hands
Send lanterns to each other and experience traditional culture together
"Running in both directions" Lantern Viewing and Reunion
So far this is the 22nd session
Pushing this custom to the top
National intangible cultural heritage
Citizens held small dragon lanterns to play at the 22nd "Two Horses and Lantern Festival" Lantern Festival.
Photo by China News Service reporter Wang Dongming
This year’s “Two horses celebrate the Lantern Festival in the same spring”
The eleventh night of the first lunar month
Lights up at Mawei Langqi Hongguang Lake Park
"Spirit of the Dragon and Horse", "Most Reminiscent of Ship Management", "Two Horses Kissing" and "Impression of Horse Tail"
More than 60 sets of lanterns with four major themes
dizzying
The "Two Horses Kissing" light group attracted the public.
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Yantai Mountain’s Big Tail Lantern Dragon New Year Special Exhibition
The "dragon and phoenix show auspiciousness" lantern group in Cangqian Park
Come to help too
Lights shine in Fujian
Cangshan dragon and phoenix form auspicious lantern group.
Photo by China News Service reporter Lu Ming
In Fuzhou, compatriots on both sides of the Taiwan Strait
Reunion and New Year dance party
There is also the Cross-Strait Folk Culture Festival
Beginning on the 13th day of the first lunar month
Introduce rich strait elements
Interpreting the family and nostalgia of Fuzhou and Matsu areas
Taiwanese ethnic minority girls sing and dance at the Cross-Strait Folk Culture Festival.
Photo by China News Service reporter Lu Ming
Entering Sanfangqixiang and Zhuzifang Street
Looking for fans in Lantern Alley·Collecting blessings and checking in
Thousands of lights celebrate the Lantern Festival
Fuzhou's Sanfangqixiang ancient district is crowded with tourists, and dragon-shaped lighting fixtures light up the New Year atmosphere.
Photo by China News Service reporter Wang Dongming
In Shangxiahang Historical and Cultural District
Lantern riddle wall, dragon-shaped display, lanterns...
Thousands of lanterns and blessings spread throughout the streets
Recreate the prosperity and excitement of the temple fair
The "Dragon Element" art themed installation was unveiled in the Shangxiahang Historical and Cultural District of Fuzhou. The lively shape is in sharp contrast with the ancient houses.
Photo by China News Service reporter Lu Ming
Where can I watch the "hot" travel gods overseas?
In Houfu Village, Tantou Town, Changle, the hometown of overseas Chinese
Traditional folk activities of wandering gods
Appears on the tenth and twenty-sixth day of the first lunar month
It has a history of more than 400 years
Every year on the tenth and twenty-sixth day of the first lunar month, traditional folk activities of wandering gods are held in Houfu Village, Tantou Town, which has a history of more than 400 years.
The picture shows a parade in the traditional folk activity of wandering gods, surrounded by people who support the gods and generals walking through the streets.
Photo by China News Service reporter Lu Ming
The closest place to Matsu on the mainland
——Huangqi Peninsula, Lianjiang County
Visit Poseidon and Celebrate Lantern Festival
Lively from the eleventh day of the first lunar month to the seventeenth day of the first lunar month
The mighty team of wandering gods
Walking around the streets sending blessings
Party all night long and never tire of it
The statue of "Marshal Mitadu" in the team of wandering gods.
Photo by China News Service reporter Ye Qiuyun
Harbin’s Ice and Snow World
Let the Southern Little Potato gain knowledge
The folk custom of wandering gods of Fujian people
Did it also shock the northerners?
Putian
Rural folk custom carnival
Putian, known as "Xinghua" in ancient times
Also known as "Licheng" and "Puxian"
Located in the central coastal area of Fujian Province
It is known as "Zoulu on the seaside" and "a famous country with literature".
It is famous at home and abroad as the "Hometown of Mazu"
and national historical and cultural city
Xinghuafu Historical and Cultural District.
Photo by Cai Hao
Here, it has been established for more than 1,500 years.
Rich historical background
People here are celebrating the Lantern Festival
From the third day of the first lunar month to the second day of the second lunar month
Happy January
longest, hottest, hottest
Every village celebrates the Lantern Festival, there are programs every day, and every family joins in the battle
Climbing knife ladders, dancing Nuo dances, setting up brown sedan chairs, and forging iron flowers
Take turns
Villagers performed unique folk skills to celebrate the New Year.
Photo by China News Service reporter Wang Dongming
Setting up a brown sedan chair to celebrate the Lantern Festival.
Photo by China News Service reporter Wang Dongming
The third day of the first lunar month
Building an Orange Tower in Jiangdong Village, Huangshi Town, Licheng District
In Jiangdong Village, Huangshi Town, Licheng District, Putian City, people built an "orange pagoda" to pray for blessings during the first month of the year.
Photo by Cai Hao
The fifth day of the first lunar month
A brown sedan chair jumped into flames in Puban Village, Xindu Town, Licheng District
There is a brown sedan chair at the south gate.
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From the eighth to the fourteenth day of the first lunar month
The golden body of Mazu goes around Meizhou Island
The golden body of Mazu surrounds Meizhou Island.
Photo by Cai Hao
The thirteenth day of the first lunar month
Bench Dragon Circle Lamp in Quanshan Community, Bangtou Town, Xianyou County
Xianyou Bangtou town tour lantern.
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From the 13th to the 17th day of the first lunar month
Thousands of people held a lantern parade in Fengting Town, Xianyou County
The scene of the 2024 national intangible cultural heritage Maple Pavilion Lantern Parade event.
In June 2008, the Fengting Lantern Festival Lantern Festival custom was included in the second batch of national intangible cultural heritage list.
Photo by China News Service reporter Lu Ming
The sixteenth day of the first lunar month
People in Huadong Village, Huangshi Town, Licheng District "bloom flowers" to pray for blessings
"Chonghua".
Photo by China News Service reporter Lu Ming
The seventeenth day of the first lunar month
Walking barefoot on fire in Songdong Village, Wutang Town, Hanjiang District
Crossing the Nuo fire barefoot in Songdong, Wutang Town.
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The eighteenth day of the first lunar month
People carrying sedan chairs into the sea in Fuye Village, Nanri Town, Xiuyu District
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Fuye Village held a "carrying a sedan chair into the sea" prayer ceremony.
Photo by China News Service reporter Wang Dongming
Exquisite sacrifices are amazing everywhere
Eight villages move together, the scene is spectacular
Different winds and customs in every village
Different forms, same prayer
Quanzhou
Appreciating lanterns·Begging turtles for blessings
Quanzhou, the accumulation of thousands of years of history
Let this national historical and cultural city
With the starting point of "Maritime Silk Road" and the cultural capital of East Asia
The world’s business card of the world heritage city
Quanzhou Ancient City Intangible Cultural Heritage Flash Mob.
Photo by Chen Yingjie
Lantern Festival customs here
Originated from the Central Plains and flourished in the Tang and Song Dynasties
"The world is prosperous, and the prosperity of lights and candles is unparalleled in the middle of Fujian."
It is the true record of the Lantern Festival in Quanzhou in ancient times.
Dragon-shaped lighting fixtures light up the New Year atmosphere in Quanzhou.
Photo by China News Service reporter Zhang Bin
Quanzhou Lantern Festival
Large-scale Spring Festival Lantern Festival in Sunjiang Park
Tin Hau Palace Spring Peng Begging Turtle
Female from Changpu, Fengze District
Nan'an Yingdu pulled out the lights
Quangang Zhangjiao Tourist Dragon Lantern
Chasing the torch in Yongchun...
Nearly a hundred folk activities
Reproduce the prosperous scene of "China in the Song and Yuan Dynasties, Quanzhou on the Maritime Silk Road"
Walking into Xianpu Village, tourists wearing hairpins look like models on a show.
Photo by China News Service reporter Zhang Bin
Many parents bring their children to experience the "Hairpin Wai" experience.
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Quanzhou folk custom street parade in the Year of the Dragon
Held again after 20 years
Centralized display in Quanzhou Donghai Central Business District
Then walk along the street and interact with tourists
Chest clapping dance, Huo Ding Gong Po, Nanyin
Da Gu Chui, Da Gu Parasol, Southern Shaolin Martial Arts
Dynamic display of more than 20 intangible cultural heritage items
There is also a Hanfu show of the Song and Yuan Dynasties
Presenting the cultural elegance of "Song and Yuan China·Marine Silk Road Quanzhou"
The folk performances of the parents-in-law and the parents-in-law at the Mazu Palace in Xiazhou are full of fun.
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Year of the Dragon Quanzhou Lantern Festival
Mainly located in Quanzhou Ancient City area, Fengze District, and Taiwanese Investment Zone
Concentrated display from the 13th to the 17th day of the first lunar month
The lanterns are numerous and widely distributed
Online and offline dual festival experience
Create a new digital light viewing mode
The lanterns on both sides of the arcade on Zhongshan Road in Quanzhou are brilliant and beautiful. The rich shapes of the lanterns add a strong festive atmosphere to the city.
Photo by China News Service reporter Zhang Bin
Quanzhou ancient city area
Along both sides of the arcades from Zhongshan Road Bell Tower to Tumen Street
Arrange 200 fine traditional lanterns
A series of installations called "Dragon and Nine Sons" are arranged in the center of the road.
A large national trend dragon lantern nearly 20 meters long is installed at the entrance of Jinyu Alley.
There are also carp lanterns above Zhongshan Road
Forming a four-dimensional three-dimensional display of up, down, left, and right
People visited and took photos next to the "Ning Xi" of the "Ten Dragons and Nine Sons".
The "Ten Dragons and Nine Sons" zodiac art installation exhibition is distributed throughout the ancient city, attracting many tourists to take photos and "check in."
It is understood that the "Ten Dragons and Nine Sons" art installation consists of 11 "dragons", including the "dragon, carp, and carp" and the "dragons and nine sons". The "dragon, carp, and carp" are two green dragons, one large and one small. The "Nine Sons" include Qi Niu, Jia Sui, Chaofeng, Pulao, Bixi, Bifan, Suanni, Fuxi, and Chiqi.
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Fengze District Lantern Show
It is deployed in Qipu Community, Central Business District, Zhenwu Temple,
South Shaolin Wenwu Square, Donghai Youfeng Night Market and other places
Central Business District Lantern Festival Lantern Festival
Yiqikan·Auspicious East China Sea Fireworks Show
Quanzhou’s first digital lantern wishing pool
Lantern Festival Fireworks Show
Immersive Song and Yuan Temple Fair National Style Performance Flash Mob...
Waiting for you to check in
Quanzhou Taiwanese Investment Zone Lantern Festival
Set around the Haisi Art Park
Water and land themed seat lamp, traditional hanging lamp
Showing the "Dreamland of Blue Bay"
The various traditional high-quality lanterns displayed in the Quanzhou Intangible Cultural Heritage Museum attract tourists to come to enjoy the lanterns and feel the charm of the lanterns.
Photo by China News Service reporter Zhang Bin
Beside this there is
Song and Yuan delicacies, fireworks and family banquets
Gathering Quanzhou’s time-honored brands, old craftsmanship, and ancient flavors
Liyuan, Gaojia, Nanyin, Puppet, etc.
A hundred plays strive for fame
Happy Lantern Festival
It is worth mentioning that
Since 2002, Quanzhou and Penghu have joined hands to
In Quanzhou Xiazhou Mazu Palace and Quanzhou Tianhou Palace
Make "rice turtles" and "beg turtles" to pray for blessings
On the 13th day of the first lunar month, Mazu Palace in Xiazhou, Quanzhou, Fujian, and Tianhou Palace in Penghu, Taiwan, jointly held the "Rice Turtle·Fruit Dragon" opening and dotting ceremony.
"Begging for turtles" is a Lantern Festival folk activity in southern Fujian, mainly popular in Quanzhou and Penghu.
People pile bags of rice into "rice turtles" and touch every part of the "rice turtle" from beginning to end to pray for peace and prosperity for the country and people and happiness for their families in the new year.
The picture shows the guests dotting the eyes of "Mi Gui".
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A big "rice turtle" made of bags of "Ping'an Rice"
It’s getting bigger every year, and this year it weighs 49,800 kilograms
It symbolizes that the friendship between people on both sides of the Taiwan Strait is getting deeper year by year.
Believers stroked the "rice turtle" and prayed for blessings.
Photo by China News Service reporter Zhang Bin
Starting from the 13th day of the first lunar month, compatriots from both sides of the Taiwan Strait come to
Touch the whole body of "Mi Gui" from beginning to end
"Touch the turtle's mouth, you will be rich and powerful; touch the turtle's body, you will be transformed;
If you touch the tortoise's feet, you won't be able to eat them.
Touch the turtle's tail and eat both head and tail..."
different parts,
Have different beautiful meanings
After the end of the Lantern Festival folk custom of "Begging Turtle"
"Peace rice" used to make "rice turtle"
Will be distributed to disadvantaged groups, Mazu believers and public welfare organizations
Continue to benefit the people
Believers stroked the "rice turtle" and prayed for blessings.
Photo by China News Service reporter Zhang Bin
Liancheng
Hakka Lantern Festival
Liancheng, one of the settlements and birthplaces of the Hakka people
It is a “major cultural tourism county in China” and a “famous Hakka food city in China”.
“Hometown of National Martial Arts” and “Hometown of Dried Red Sweet Potatoes in China”
“The Hometown of White Ducks in China” and “Selenium Capital of Hakkas in China”
"Hometown of Chinese Hakka Folk Culture"
Xuanhe Township, Liancheng County, Western Fujian, Hakka, held the traditional "You Gongtai" folk activity.
It is understood that "You Gongtai" originated from the Ming Dynasty. It is a Hakka folk custom event spread in Liancheng and Changting areas in western Fujian. With the theme of worshiping Wang Shenzhi, the founding king of Fujian, it is held in turn in 13 areas in Liancheng and Changting areas in western Fujian. , held once every 13 years in each region.
Every household burns incense and fires firecrackers to pray for good weather and peace for the country and the people.
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Here, Hakka folk culture
Profound foundation, rich content, diverse forms and long inheritance
Known as "the living fossil of the ancient culture of the Central Plains"
"Grand View Garden for Hakka Folklore Activities"
The ancient village of Bizhou in Liancheng County, Fujian Province held the 800-year-old Southern Song Dynasty Lantern Culture Temple Fair in Bizhou to "Light up Song Dynasty lanterns and be intoxicated with the beauty of Bizhou".
It is understood that the "Wandering Lantern" in Bizhou Ancient Village has a long history, with a history of more than 800 years.
The entire activity fully retains the exquisite skills of making lanterns in the Southern Song Dynasty, as well as travel regulations, and is known as the "living fossil of lanterns in the Southern Song Dynasty" among the people.
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The Hakka Lantern Festival is particularly famous
Has been listed as a national intangible cultural heritage
North group tour to Dazong
From the sixth day of the first lunar month
Villagers began to sew rice dumpling clothes using tens of thousands of rice dumpling leaves
1 large rice dumpling uses 120 pounds of glutinous rice
Made to 1.6 meters high
Villagers carry lanterns of various shapes through the ancient village.
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The seventh morning of the first lunar month
Steam the rice dumplings for 4 days and 4 nights
The twelfth day of the first lunar month
Rice dumplings made with gold foil, auspicious paper flowers, etc.
Enshrined in the ancestral hall
The thirteenth day of the first lunar month
Villagers carry big rice dumplings for travel
Birds and gongs clear the way
Colorful flags and umbrellas lead the way
Playing and beating all the way, mighty and mighty
After the fun, the rice dumplings were distributed to the villagers
Bless every family with abundant harvests and prosperity in all industries
Villagers carry lanterns of various shapes through the ancient village.
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Linfang Tour Dalong
It is the legacy of the Lin family’s traditional cultural and artistic activities.
Started in the early Ming Dynasty, it has been more than 500 years ago
Improved technology through generations of ancestors
Linfang Dalong is unique
The dragon head is tall and mighty, majestic and beautiful, with harmonious colors.
Holding a red dragon ball in the mouth
The tiger's nose, antlers on the head, and the eagle claws on the waist are pulled out
Wearing a dragon's beard, it looks even more like a dragon and a tiger.
Lively and vigorous, with overwhelming momentum
Liancheng Linfang Dragon Parade, villagers carry colorful dragons around the village road to celebrate the New Year.
The Dalong Tour is a legacy of the traditional cultural and artistic activities of the Lin family in Linfang. It has a history of more than 500 years and is intended to pray for good weather, peace and prosperity for the country and the people.
Photo by China News Service reporter Wang Dongming
Every year from the 13th day of the first lunar month to the Lantern Festival
Linfang people visit the dragon to celebrate the harvest and welcome the new year
Praying for peace and prosperity for the country and the people, good weather and good harvests
There is a dragon swimming in Linfang in Liancheng.
Photo by China News Service reporter Wang Dongming
Zhixi Lantern
Introduced from Suzhou
With palace lantern as the main lamp, it has a two-layer structure
The periphery is decorated with flower baskets, gauze lanterns, peony lanterns and fish lanterns.
Paint calligraphy and painting or dress up Arhats, costumed figures, etc.
Up to 99 small lights
Villagers light oil lamps with fine incense.
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Villagers are installing oil lamps for lanterns.
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Lantern Festival time
Zhixi takes turns appearing according to last name
Long queue for lanterns
A dazzling array of flowers
Accompanied by Suzhou gongs and drums and Shifan Band
Very spectacular
Known as the "miracle of paper-wrapped fire"
Zhixi Village, Liancheng County, Fujian Province, the "ancestral land of the Hakka", held a lantern tour to attract people to experience folk culture.
The picture shows the scene of the lantern tour.
Photo by China News Service reporter Zhang Bin
Gutianyoudalong
Started in 1751
The longest dragon in history
Two hundred and thirty-six sections totaling more than 1,000 meters long
Set a Guinness World Record
Known as "The Big Dragon in Gutian is the Best in the World"
"The best dragon in the world"
Gutian Town, Liancheng County held the "Dragon Tour" event, which is known as the best dragon in the world.
"Gutian Tour Dalong" has a history of more than 400 years. Dalong uses the famous local "Gutian rice paper" as its material. The most important dragon head and dragon tail are made by the host family at that time, and the rest are made by each household. The dragon's body is made up of these segments of the dragon's body.
Photo by China News Service reporter Wang Dongming
Lantern Festival Night on the 15th day of the first lunar month
"Big Dragon" Soaring Tour
Meandering through the countryside of Gutian
Walking through the streets
Moving up and down, vividly
Pray for peace and prosperity for the country and the people, and good weather
"You Dalong" in Gutian, Liancheng is famous far and wide and is a national intangible cultural heritage project.
Photo by China News Service reporter Zhang Bin
Luofang travels ancient stories
A grand carnival of entertainment
Known as the "Chinese Mountain Village Carnival"
Villagers are making up and dressing children participating in the "Ancient Event".
It is understood that there are two children in each ancient shed wearing opera robes and makeup, pretending to be Li Shimin, Xue Rengui, Liu Bang, Yang Liulang, Liu Bei and other historical figures. The selected children are required to have good appearance and courage.
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It is said that droughts and floods often occurred in Luofang in the past.
Local officials will promote Hunan to "follow ancient times"
transplant hometown
To pray for good weather and good harvests
It has been passed down for hundreds of years since then
Luofang Township, Liancheng County holds a national intangible cultural heritage, "Ancient Events" folk activity known as the "Chinese Hakka Carnival".
The picture shows children participating in the "Ancient Event" while standing on the sedan platform.
Photo by China News Service reporter Zhang Bin
The fourteenth and fifteenth day of the first lunar month
"Boom, boom, boom" were the three loud sounds of the magic gun. The villagers carried the ancient artifact shed.
Race on land first
Then they lined up into the river and ran against the current
The scene is spectacular and thrilling
The villagers carried the "ancient event shed" and ran wildly through the village.
Photo by China News Service reporter Zhang Bin
The picture shows villagers carrying the "ancient event shed" while marching in the river.
Photo by China News Service reporter Zhang Bin
Whether the two sides of the Taiwan Strait are celebrating together, or whether they are wandering around like gods and dragons
Amid the crowds of fireworks and salutes
Various traditional folk customs have become a cultural gene
Engraved into the spirit of Fujian people
express their simple emotions
piety and gratitude
It also contains their yearning for a better life.
The dragon-shaped lamp set is eye-catching.
Photo by China News Service reporter Wang Dongming
Fujian people’s Lantern Festival customs
Lively and exciting, people who watched it said it was "enjoyable"
Why not experience its charm for yourself?
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Author: Ye Qiuyun, Zhang Bin, Wang Dongming, Lu Ming