The snacks of Confucius Temple are mixed with vegetables and interspersed with folk performances, which have strong local characteristics and cultural atmosphere, making the catering process become a process of general cultural appreciation at the same time, reflecting the exquisite combination of diet and culture, attracting Chinese and foreign tourists for a long time and becoming an important pillar of the tourism economy of Confucius Temple and the characteristic culture of this region.
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Confucius Temple Lantern Festival
Nanjing Confucius Temple Lantern Festival, also known as "Jinling Lantern Festival", is a characteristic folk cultural activity circulating in Nanjing, which is mainly held during the Spring Festival to the Lantern Festival every year. As early as the Southern Dynasties, there was the Lantern Festival, when the grand occasion was the highest in China. Since the early Ming Dynasty, Nanjing Lantern Festival has gradually enjoyed the reputation of "Qinhuai Lantern Festival is the best in the world", and the famous Qinhuai River "Lantern Boat" is also famous all over the world. After the 20th century, the Lantern Festival was further expanded, and the decorating skills of Qinhuai Lantern Festival were constantly improved, which promoted the development of folk arts such as paper-cutting, diabolo, knot, sculpture, shadow play, animal dance, yangko and stilts in Nanjing. Nanjing Confucius Temple Lantern Festival has a long history. According to documents, as early as the Southern Dynasties, the traditional Lantern Festival was held in Nanjing, the capital, and its grand occasion was the highest in the country. After Zhu Yuanzhang, the founder of the Ming Dynasty, advocated the Lantern Festival in Nanjing in the early Ming Dynasty, Nanjing gradually began to enjoy the reputation of "Qinhuai lantern (color) is the best in the world", and the original boat with lanterns on Qinhuai River (commonly known as "lantern boat") became famous all over the world. ?
Historically, Nanjing Confucius Temple Lantern Festival was mainly distributed in the Qinhuai River Basin in Nanjing. After the 20th century, it mainly concentrated in the Confucius Temple area, and now it has expanded to the Wuli section on the east side of Shili Qinhuai. The core area includes Confucius Temple, Zhanyuan, Bailuzhou Park, Wu's former residence exhibition hall, Jiangnan exhibition hall, Zhonghua Gate Wengcheng exhibition hall and Zhonghua Road, Pingjiangfu Road, Zhanyuan Road and Pipi Road.
As an important folk cultural activity, Nanjing Confucius Temple Lantern Festival is an important space for Nanjing people to continue and inherit the folk culture of past dynasties. For a long time, it has become an important part of Qinhuai culture. Nanjing local and foreign culture and art run through the Lantern Festival, which constitutes its artistic connotation.