The sculptures and glutinous rice balls in the ancestral temple during the Lantern Festival are both evocative. No.1 Foshan·Xingtongji Bridge Recommendation reason: Foshan people have a saying, "Xingtongji, there is no closed shading", which means that after practicing Tongji, there will be no worries.

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"Xingtongji" on the sixteenth day of the first lunar month every year is a unique custom of praying in Foshan, which expresses Foshan people's longing and wishes for a better life and a better welcome to the new year.

Today, on the night of the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month every year, hundreds of thousands of people from all over the world spontaneously come to the Tongji Bridge in the center of Foshan to "Xingtongji", holding windmills, shaking wind chimes, and carrying lettuce.

People walk across Tongji Bridge from north to south to pray for success and success in the coming year.

Highlights of the Lantern Festival: Tongji Bridge Square takes Tongji Bridge, the gate tower and the north and south squares as the main axis, coupled with the water body under the bridge and surrounding greenery, forming a park with an area of ??7,300 square meters.

The main body of the gatehouse is made of blue bricks, with arched door openings on both sides. The roof adopts the Shiwan doll pattern, which expresses the charm of Foshan's fine art ceramics and outlines the prosperous scene of ancient Tongji Bridge. There are gods of wealth, lion dances, windmills, etc.

, there are dragons and phoenixes on both sides, which means dragons and phoenixes are auspicious.

Below the gatehouse doll is a gray sculpture of "a bat stepping on two coins", using "blessing" and "money" to imply wealth.

On the Lantern Festival and the 16th day of the first lunar month, pedestrians crowded together on Tongji Bridge, holding windmills in their hands and silently reciting "Traveling to Tongji, there is no closure", and then brought a handful of "lettuce" (lettuce), a few

One hundred thousand people walked across Tongji Bridge in great numbers, looking for the auspicious omen of "going out nine times and returning thirteen times".

Windmills are a must-have for "Xingtongji". Hundreds of thousands of people hold various windmills, forming the most spectacular windmill exhibition in Guangdong.

The most prestigious ancestral temple in Foshan will hold the third "Lantern Festival" folk custom series activities, which are divided into three parts: prayer, reunion and lantern riddles, fully demonstrating the cultural charm of Foshan's local folk customs.

No.2 Zhanjiang·Human Dragon Dance Recommendation reason: It is a custom of the Han nationality all over the country to pray for peace and good harvest by dancing the dragon, and Dongshan Town on Donghai Island in Zhanjiang City expresses it in the form of "Human Dragon Dance"

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The Human Dragon Dance began in the late Ming Dynasty and the early Qing Dynasty. It is a folk large-scale square performance art that has been spread for more than 300 years. During the Spring Festival, Lantern Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival and some major festive festivals, Dongshanwei Village will dance the "Human Dragon" for several nights in a row.

Every house in the two streets was decorated with lanterns and colorful decorations, and the streets were empty of people and very lively.

Highlights of the Lantern Festival: The reason why the Human-Dragon Dance is called "Human-Dragon" is because the "dragons" in the performance are all made up of people, not objects.

The dragon has a huge body, usually consists of fifty or sixty people, and some have hundreds of people, and it is majestic and majestic.

The human-dragon dance in Dongshanwei Village, Dongshan Town, Donghai Island is known as "one of the best in the East".

During the performance, dozens to hundreds of young adults and teenagers all wear shorts and connect their bodies to form a "long dragon".

With gongs and drums shaking the sky and horns blaring, the "Long Dragon" has its head held high, its body tumbling, and its tail swaying vigorously, just like a dragon going out to sea, overwhelming mountains and seas. It is unstoppable, showing a unique island color and a strong local flavor. It is a symbol of Donghai Island and even Leizhou Peninsula.

An important part of enduring folk customs and large-scale square entertainment activities.

The 28-kilometer-long beach on Donghai Island is known as "China's No. 1 Long Beach".

In the Zhanjiang area, Shentang Village, Shentang Town, Leizhou City is also famous for its outstanding people and dragon dances during the Lantern Festival.

Dazhong Street in the village has a history of more than 300 years, with a total length of one kilometer. Dazhong Street runs from Rendemen to Laoyuhang. The bluestone street has ancient buildings from the Ming and Qing Dynasties and the epitome of commercial development in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China.

Although the commercial district has moved out, the old street has not aged. Many villagers still live in the ancient Ming and Qing houses with gray tiles, white walls and flying eaves on both sides of the street. On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month or the fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month, Shentang people

The dragon dance is performed on this street. The gongs and drums are noisy, and the crowds of people are huge, allowing people to see the bustle and prosperity of the old street in the past.

No.3 Guangzhou · Visiting the Guangfu Temple Fair Recommended reason: If you want to say that the Lantern Festival event in Guangzhou has the most traditional cultural customs atmosphere, it must be the Guangfu Temple Fair.

It is a traditional temple fair held during the traditional Lantern Festival, that is, from the 15th (March 5th) to the 21st (March 11th) of the first lunar month. It is the traditional folk culture of the Han nationality in Guangdong Province and is also a Guangfu cultural carnival event.

The seven-day temple fair covers 10 themed activities such as puppet gathering, Chinese unique skills, martial arts conference, and Lantern Festival Lantern Festival, and contains rich content such as blessing culture, folk culture, food culture, business and leisure culture.

Highlights of the Lantern Festival: Taking the Chenghuang Temple Zhongyou Square, Zhongshan 4th Road (from Wende Road intersection to Beijing Road intersection), Fuxue West Street, Beijing Road, Huifu East Road Food Street, Dafo Temple, and Five Immortals Temple as the fulcrum, there are special performances every day

Folk cultural performances, intangible cultural heritage handicraft production demonstrations, traditional small commodity exhibitions, traditional food exhibitions and other activities are recommended for local culture in Guangfu.

The highlight of the event is of course the City God's Patrol at the Guangfu Temple Fair, which is initially scheduled to be held on March 7: Guangzhou's "City God" slowly walks out of Zhongyou Square sitting on a gold-lacquered wooden sedan carried by eight people.

As the highlight of the Guangfu Temple Fair, the annual folk culture parade officially kicked off, with major square formations following the City God on the parade.