1. Making lanterns

On the day of the festival, there are folk customs of hanging lanterns, lighting lanterns, and watching lanterns, so it is also called the Lantern Festival. The festival of lanterns began in the Western Han Dynasty. The fifteenth day of the first lunar month is the climax of the annual fireworks display. Before the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the streets are filled with lanterns, flowers are everywhere, lights are swaying, and people wander around the streets to enjoy the beautiful scenery at night.

2. Guessing lantern riddles

Guessing lantern riddles, also called lantern riddles, is a form of traditional folk entertainment activity unique to China and rich in national style. It is a characteristic activity of the Lantern Festival that has been spread since ancient times. . On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month of the lunar calendar, traditional folk people would hang up colored lanterns and set off fireworks. Later, some good people wrote riddles on paper and pasted them on the colorful lanterns for people to guess.

Because riddles can inspire wisdom and cater to the festive atmosphere, many people responded, and riddles gradually became an indispensable program during the Lantern Festival. Lantern riddles add to the festive atmosphere and show the wisdom and wisdom of the ancient working people and their yearning for a better life.

3. Dragon Lantern Dance

Legend has it that as early as the Huangdi period, in a large-scale song and dance called "Qing Jiao", the image of a dragon head and bird body played by humans appeared. Later, a dance scene of six dragons interspersed with each other was choreographed. The dragon dance was vividly described in "Xijing Fu" written by Zhang Heng of the Han Dynasty. Dragon dance is popular in many places in China. The Chinese nation respects dragons and regards dragons as a symbol of auspiciousness.

4. Lion dance

Lion dance is an excellent folk art in China. During the Lantern Festival or gatherings and celebrations, people come to celebrate with lion dance. This custom originated during the Three Kingdoms period and became popular during the Southern and Northern Dynasties. It has a history of more than a thousand years.

5. Land boat rowing

Folklore says that land boat rowing is to commemorate Dayu who contributed greatly to flood control. The land boat is not a real boat. It is mostly made of two thin boards, sawn into a boat shape, tied with bamboo wood, covered with colorful cloth, and tied around the girl's waist, as if she were sitting in a boat, holding an oar in her hand for rowing. The posture is to run, sing some local tunes, and dance at the same time, which is popular in many areas of China.