CCTV News: February 12th is the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first lunar month. In Shandong, Henan and other places, the production and sales of various glutinous rice balls and Lantern Festival are booming.

In Chengyang District, Qingdao, Shandong Province, in response to the arrival of the Lantern Festival, many merchants started stocking more than ten days in advance. The freezer in the supermarket was filled with dumplings of various flavors and shapes, and citizens came to buy them in a constant stream.

In Shuiji Street, Laixi City, pastry chef Zhou Shuying and his colleagues were using computer software to design cartoon images, and then they would make different types of cartoon dumplings based on these patterns. The sales volume of these cartoon dumplings is around 3,000 orders per day, and the supply is in short supply.

In several stores and supermarkets selling Lantern Festivals in Hebi, Henan, the masters are skillfully making handmade Lantern Festivals, and many customers are queuing up to buy them.

There are nearly 50 handmade Lantern Festival stores like this in the local area. At present, handmade stone mill Lantern Festival has entered its peak sales, with a price of about ten yuan per catty.

Liaoyang, Liaoning: Handmade Lantern Festival is popular

The Lantern Festival is approaching. In Liaoyang, Liaoning, the handmade Lantern Festival, which retains traditional production skills, is particularly popular among local consumers.

At the Liaoyang morning market in the early morning, shouts of hawking the Lantern Festival were heard one after another. Although there are a wide variety of Lantern Festivals on the market, the most popular and most popular is the hand-cranked Lantern Festival. In the large bamboo basket, carefully prepared Lantern Festival stuffing was hand-shaking by the master, constantly rolling in the glutinous rice noodles, becoming bigger and bigger like a snowball.

The stall owner told reporters that a person can make up at most six or seven hundred kilograms of Lantern Festival every day. Recently, it is approaching the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, and hand-cranked Lantern Festival is particularly popular. Customers can not only see the whole process of hand-shaking with their own eyes, but also taste the steaming freshly cooked Lantern Festival on site in cold weather.

Yangzhou, Jiangsu: The lantern market is hot. "Snake Lantern" is popular. The Lantern Festival is approaching. In Yangzhou, Jiangsu, the lantern market is hot. Lanterns with different shapes are colorful, and lanterns with various snake elements are very popular.

In the morning, the reporter saw on the Lantern Street in front of the Qujiang Small Commodity Market in Yangzhou, Jiangsu that there were hundreds of lanterns sold in centralized manner, not only snake lanterns of various materials and shapes, but also traditional rabbit lanterns, lotus lanterns, etc., which attracted many citizens to come and buy them. The reporter learned that snake lamps with different shapes are the most popular in the lantern market. Many merchants said that they were far beyond expectations and that the goods were obviously insufficient. In addition to snake lamps, lanterns made of various new materials are also very popular among citizens.

Dali, Yunnan: Midumizhi Lantern Festival, ancient and modern styles are stirring up Lantern Festival

On the eve of the Lantern Festival, a variety of folk activities were held in Hubei, Yunnan and other places. Citizens and tourists gathered together to guess riddles and dance lanterns, and experience the festive and peaceful festive atmosphere together.

The Midumizhi Lantern Festival in Dali, Yunnan has a history of more than 300 years. During the Lantern Festival, each village will spontaneously form a lantern class, with the young and old, and thousands of people participating in the performance. The youngest is 3 years old and the oldest is over 80 years old.

The lantern performances are rich and diverse, including dragon and lion dance, traditional lanterns, beautiful women's boating, Midu mountain songs, etc., attracting many citizens and tourists to come and watch.

In the Confucius Temple in Yingcheng, Hubei, the red lanterns are particularly eye-catching. This cultural landmark with a long history of more than 900 years has become a good place for citizens to celebrate the festival. Various rich lantern riddles on the scene attracted many citizens to stop and think and immerse themselves in the fun of guessing riddles.