CCTV News: February 12th is the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. The Lantern Festival originated from the ancient custom of opening lanterns and praying for blessings among the people. On this day, people will enjoy lanterns, eat lanterns, guess riddles, set off fireworks, and make a fuss. In Xianyou County, Putian, Fujian, on the evening of the 10th, thousands of people carried bench lights, formed long dragons to patrol along the streets to welcome the Lantern Festival.

At 7 o'clock that night, in Bangtou Town, Xianyou County, more than ten bench dragon circle light teams set out from different natural villages gathered in the center of a square in the township to start the first climax of the entire lantern - the "Panlong" performance. The performance takes the dragon-shaped lantern as the center of the circle, surrounding it into a giant disc, like a blooming flower, symbolizing the harmony of neighborhood, sharing weal and woe, and sharing the same boat through thick and thin. Afterwards, each team of lanterns left the square one after another and patted along the street, forming a long dragon that stretched for nearly 7 kilometers, giving residents along the street a good fortune for the year.

The bench dragon circle lamp is a Lantern Festival custom in many townships in Xianyou County, Putian City. It has been passed down for more than 500 years and is named after it looks like a long dragon and has a link of circles of "panlong". In addition to the dragon lantern parade, the local area also held performances such as dragon and lion dance, drone, fireworks show and other performances. In order to allow tourists to watch the performance more conveniently, relevant departments in Xianyou County have also planned the performance area, safety passages, etc. in advance, and arranged personnel to guide traffic.

Huzhou, Zhejiang: Colorful folk activities are making Lantern Festival

In the past two days, various places in Huzhou, Zhejiang have held special folk activities, such as dragon lantern dancing, riddle guessing, and Lantern Festival. The rich and colorful cultural activities allow tourists to feel the charm of traditional folk customs and the unique New Year atmosphere of the Jiangnan water town.

In the Qianyuan Ancient City of Deqing, Huzhou, the Qianlong Lantern Festival is the highlight of the Lantern Festival here. In the past two days, more than ten dragon dance teams have shuttled through the streets and alleys of the ancient city, which is very lively. In this year's dragon dance team, a group of childish children were wearing bright clothes. The dragon poles in their hands flew up and down with the drum beats, shaking their heads and tails, appearing vividly and lifelike.

In Wuxing District, Huzhou, the New Year's Street Stepping Camping Activity was lively on the streets, with gongs and drums ringing, and the dragon and lion dance team set out first, with various dragon lanterns churning all the way, a vivid scene of dragons celebrating the harvest in the water towns in the south of the Yangtze River.

The Changxing Baiye Dragon, who just returned from the Macau Exhibition, has sent a luxurious lineup of "Double Dragons + Lotus Leafs", which is magnificent and magnificent.

According to reports, this year's street-tracking activity in Wuxing District, Huzhou is composed of 39 special teams and 750 performers.

Liaoning: Sea lanterns are put on the first month of the year, and the special folk customs attract tourists

On February 10, on the eastern island of Dalian, Liaoning, the special folk customs are putting on the sea lanterns and attracting many tourists.

In the afternoon of that day, the sea lantern activity kicked off in a lively and festive national yangko performance. Nearly four hundred exquisite ship-shaped sea lamps handmade on site are arranged neatly in sequence, full of creativity. Today, the materials used to make these sea lamps are environmentally friendly and biodegradable paper shells, wood, etc., which incorporate the green concept of protecting the marine ecology.

As night gradually falls, firecrackers and fireworks are set off on the pier, fishing port and coast of the island. Citizens and tourists put carefully crafted sea lamps into the sea. Driven by the sea breeze and currents, sea lamps filled with blessings float to the distance. The sea lamps on the sea surface and the bright fireworks complement each other, forming a beautiful picture.

The custom of letting sea lanterns has a century-old history in Dalian. People in the coastal counties and districts such as Zhuanghe, Lushun, and Changhai will carry out this activity on the thirteenth day of the first lunar month every year to pray for a happy harvest and a happy and healthy life in the new year.