1No. Foshan Hangtongji Bridge
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There is a saying in Foshan that "when you are doing financial aid, it is not closed", which means that when you finish financial aid, you will have no troubles and everything will be smooth. The 16th day of the first month of each year is a unique custom of praying for blessings in Foshan, which entrusts Foshan people with their hopes and wishes for a better life and better welcomes the new year. Up to now, every year on the 15th day of the first month, hundreds of thousands of people from all over the country spontaneously come to Tongji Bridge in the center of Foshan to "entertain", holding windmills, shaking wind chimes and carrying lettuce across Tongji Bridge from north to south, hoping for a smooth and successful coming year.
Highlights of Lantern Festival:
Tongji Bridge Square takes Tongji Bridge, the gatehouse and the north and south squares as the main axes, and combines the water under the bridge and the surrounding greening to form a park with an area of 7,300 square meters. The main body of the gatehouse is made of blue bricks, with arched doorways on both sides and Shiwan doll pattern on the roof, which shows the charm of Foshan fine arts ceramics and outlines the bustling scene of the ancient Tongji Bridge, including the god of wealth, lion dancing and selling windmills. There are dragons and phoenixes on both sides, meaning that dragons and phoenixes are auspicious. Below the picture of the gatehouse doll is a gray sculpture of "bats stepping on double money", which means wealth with "fu" and "money".
On the Lantern Festival and the 16th day of the first month, pedestrians on Tongji Bridge jostled each other, holding windmills, saying "Everybody help each other, don't close the door", and then carrying a handful of "Yi Sheng dishes" (lettuce). Hundreds of thousands of people marched across Tongji Bridge, hoping to get an auspicious sign of "going out nine times to thirteen times". Windmills are essential for economic development. Hundreds of thousands of people hold various windmills, which constitutes the most spectacular wind show in Guangdong.
The oldest ancestral temple in Foshan will hold the third "Lantern Festival" series of folk activities, which are divided into three parts: blessing, reunion and lantern riddles, fully demonstrating the cultural charm of Foshan's local folk characteristics.
Second place Zhanjiang Wurenlong
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It is the custom of Han people all over the country to pray for peace and harvest by dancing dragons, while dongshan town in Dongdao, Zhanjiang City is represented by "dancing dragons". People began to dance dragons in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties. It is a folk large-scale square performing art that has been circulated for more than 300 years. Every Spring Festival, Lantern Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival and some major festivals, Weidong Mountain Village will dance for several nights. Every household in Dongxi Street will be decorated with lanterns and the streets will be crowded with people.
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The reason why the dragon dance is called "human dragon" is because the "dragons" in the performance are all made up of people, not objects. The dragon body is huge, generally composed of 50 or 60 people, and some have hundreds of people, which is magnificent. The Dragon Dance in Weidong Village, dongshan town, Dongdao is known as "a must in the East". During the performance, dozens to hundreds of young adults and teenagers wore shorts and connected with each other to form a "long queue". Amid the deafening sound of gongs and drums and trumpets, the "Long Dragon" has a high dragon head, a tumbling dragon body and a swinging dragon tail. Like a dragon at sea, it is unstoppable, showing a unique island color and strong local flavor. It is an important part of the enduring folk customs and large-scale square entertainment activities in the East Island and even Leizhou Peninsula. The 28-kilometer-long sandy beach in Dongdao has the reputation of "the first long beach in China".
In Zhanjiang area, Shentang Village, Shentang Town, Leizhou City, the dragon dance performance is also excellent during the Lantern Festival. Dazhong Street in the village has a history of more than 300 years, with a total length of one kilometer. From Rendemen to Laoyuhang, Dazhong Street is the epitome of ancient buildings in Ming and Qing Dynasties and commercial development in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China. Although the business district has moved out, the old street has not grown old. There are still many villagers living in ancient Ming and Qing houses with gray tiles and white walls and cornices on both sides of the street. On the fifteenth day of the first month or the fifteenth day of August, this street is filled with people dancing dragons, gongs and drums, and people are crowded, making people see the bustling old streets.
The Third Guangzhou Guangfu Temple Fair
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To say that the Lantern Festival in Guangzhou has the most traditional cultural customs, it must be Guangfu Temple Fair. It is a traditional temple fair held on the traditional Lantern Festival, that is, the 15th (March 5th) to 21st (March 1 1) of the first lunar month. It is the traditional folk culture of the Han nationality in Guangdong and the cultural carnival of Guangfu. The 7-day temple fair covers 10 theme activities, including puppet shows, Chinese stunts, martial arts conferences, lantern festivals and so on. It contains rich contents such as blessing culture, folk culture, food culture, business and leisure culture.
Highlights of Lantern Festival:
With Zhong You Square of Chenghuang Temple, Zhongshan 4th Road (Wende Road to Beijing Road), Fu Xue West Street, Beijing Road, Huifu East Road Food Street, Bukkoji and Wuxian Temple as the fulcrums, there are activities such as special folk cultural performances, handicraft production and exhibition of intangible cultural heritage, traditional small commodities exhibition and traditional food exhibition every day, and Guangfu local culture is recommended. Of course, the climax of the activity was the trip to Guangfu Temple Fair originally scheduled for March 7: Master Huang Cheng of Guangzhou slowly walked out of Zhong You Square in a gold lacquer wood carving sedan chair carried by eight people. As the highlight of Guangfu Temple Fair, the annual folk culture parade officially kicked off, and the major phalanxes followed Lord Huang Cheng to patrol. In particular, a group of "God Generals" from China's Baodao Taiwan Province Province will also take part in the patrol activities. You will meet Marshal Gou, Marshal Pang, Marshal Liu, Marshal Zhang, General Li Jing, Marshal Huang, Prince Mu and Prince Shu.
Besides visiting Guangfu Temple Fair, can I go to Yuexiu Park to enjoy the lanterns during the Lantern Festival? Yuexiu Park has a large-scale light show this year, with an enclosed area of 280,000 square meters. There are 28 groups of large and medium-sized lanterns and 5,000 ambient lights, which are divided into three exhibition areas: Charming Sui City, Celebrating Yangcheng and Splendid Flower City. Zodiac in the Year of the Sheep, Lingnan stories, local customs and lanterns and flowers. There are also shadow play performances, mass song and dance performances, Guangfu Cultural Exhibition (including Guangfu Tea House Exhibition and Guangfu Cultural Photo Exhibition) and wonderful garden activities such as Happy solve riddles on the lanterns.
No.4 Deqing firecrackers attack lions
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Deqing county is an ancient Lingnan county with a long history. There are many traditional folk activities in Deqing, the most famous of which is "Lantern Festival". "Firecrackers attacking lions" is the most distinctive brand of traditional mass culture in Xijiang River Basin, with the largest scale, the largest number of participants and the greatest influence. Every Lantern Festival, there is no one.
Highlights of Lantern Festival:
On the Lantern Festival, the most exciting, exciting and lively thing is "firecrackers hitting lions". Deqing people love lion dancing, regard lions as mascots, and think that lions are the king of all animals and can suppress evil spirits. According to folklore, Deqing folk lion dance has a history of 1000 years. Therefore, during the Spring Festival, every family wants to wake up the lion to celebrate the New Year. "Firecrackers attack the lion" is also called "fried lion" locally: during the lion dance in the Spring Festival, people will light a string of firecrackers and throw them at the lion to show their respect. Therefore, people often say that "attacking" the lion's firecrackers is actually to "respect" the lion's firecrackers. The combination of firecrackers and lions has the function of "exorcism", which can represent the meaning of auspicious, lively, festive and joyful festivals. On the same day, almost every big store and enterprise in Deqing County will invite the lions to dance and pick the green lions, and then organize personnel to set off firecrackers to "attack" the lions.
At the same time, as the hometown of Dragon Mother, the tourism and culture department of Deqing resumed the custom of Youlong Mother Palace on the 15th day of the first month with reference to ancient customs, and accepted the worship of tourists and citizens in combination with the Lantern Festival activities. The lantern festival of the Confucius Temple in Deqing also resumed the ceremony of offering sacrifices to Confucius. It is rare to see a solemn and elegant public sacrifice ceremony modeled after the Qing Dynasty, and to arrange family sacrifice activities for Confucius' descendants, while incorporating new cultural elements that reflect the characteristics of the times.
No.5 Huaiji Zhuangyao Yuanxiao
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Located in Huaiji County, Zhaoqing City, a mountainous area in the northwest of Guangdong Province, there is a Xiashuai Zhuangyao Township, where the people of Zhuang, Yao and Han nationalities have unique Lantern Festival activities, with local characteristics such as jumping spring cows, lions and firecrackers, which bring tourists from all directions together.
Highlights of Lantern Festival:
This year's Lantern Festival, Huaiji County will hold the third folk art festival. At that time, there will be intangible cultural heritage protection projects in provinces and cities such as Arowana Dance, Spring Cattle Dance, Zhuang Lion Dance, Guangxi Opera and Phoenix Dance, as well as a number of fine folk art performances with Lingnan characteristics.
The Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first month is the most lively festival in Xiashuaizhuang and Yaozu Township. Every family in the town prepares food, entertains relatives and friends and celebrates the Lantern Festival. At noon, thousands of villagers and tourists gathered in Xiashuai Market to enjoy the most distinctive folk cultural activities such as "Spring Bull Dance", "Strong Lion Dance", "Horse Dance", singing folk songs and "Tea-picking Opera". Among them, the most attractive thing is "firecrackers hitting the lion's head". The lion dance team kept dancing and performing along the residents and shops in the market town, sending blessings and good luck to the owners. People prepare many firecrackers at home and set off firecrackers with friends and relatives to "attack the lion".
No.6 fengshun burning dragon
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In Puzhai Town, Fengshun County, Meizhou City, eastern Guangdong Province, the Lantern Festival is held every year, with a history of 300 years. It is a blessing activity held by local people on the night of Lantern Festival, praying for good weather and good luck in the new year. As a wonderful work of Hakka folk art in China, it is listed as a national intangible cultural heritage, attracting tourists from all over the world to feast their eyes.
Highlights of Lantern Festival:
Fengshun Puzhai Fire Dragon is a traditional folk cultural activity, which consists of three items: burning fire tree (burning cigarette rack), burning Yumen (carp yue longmen) and burning fire dragon. "Puzhai Fire Dragon" is made of iron wire, bamboo and paper, painted with scales, horns and claws, and the length from the dragon head to the dragon tail is tens of meters. The dragon is loaded with thousands of fireworks, firecrackers and rockets, and there are countless gunpowder in its head and tail. Each dragon is held by thirty or forty shirtless youths, plus drummers, lobsters, goldfish and others, and the whole team reaches more than 200 people. The fire dragon wandered in the crowd, spraying all kinds of gorgeous fireworks. The scene is quite spectacular. When the burning dragon runs in the square, the audience also runs with the dragon, praying for good weather, prosperous industry and bumper crops in the new year.