In February, Guangzhou is filled with flowers all over the city and spring is full of joy. On the 15th day of the first lunar month, Mr. Yuan and his wife wandered leisurely in Guangzhou Cultural Park, and carefully visited the Lantern Festival where New Year flowers and Foshan lanterns were combined.

The Bai Fu door lamp group, the New Year orange version of the "slim waist" Guangzhou tower, and the Hongqiao Scenic Group made of petunia... "Appreciating flowers during the day and watching lanterns at night" has become a unique ceremony for Lingnan people to celebrate the Lantern Festival, and intangible cultural heritage collided with the national tide to create a different spark.

This is a vivid epitome of the "Lantern Festival" nationwide. As Lantern Festival activities in various places continue to be "new", the first "intangible cultural heritage version" of the cultural charm and prosperous New Year atmosphere of the Spring Festival last for a long time, showing a strong "Chinese flavor".

A song of music and song is like the sea, and thousands of doors are lighted like the day at night. Lantern Festival, also known as the "Lantern Festival", originated from the folk custom of opening lanterns to pray for blessings. The custom of hanging lanterns has been passed down for thousands of years.

"Because there were no electric lights before, when it was dark at night, there was a lamp illuminating people's roads, giving everyone a kind of light and yearning." said Li Lu, vice president of the Beijing Society of History, Geography and Folklore.

River lanterns, lotus lanterns, Zigong lanterns... To celebrate the Lantern Festival, intangible cultural heritage lantern festivals have been held across the country, like stars illuminating mountains and rivers, making the traditional festival "tide".

In Zigong, Sichuan, modern technology illuminates the "smart core" for traditional colored lanterns. A group of 15 meters high cloud shoulder colored lanterns in Sichuan opera costumes. Under the action of mechanical transmission devices, its decorations and patterns slowly rotate, and the flowing lights show a dreamy and romance.

The Jiangnan water towns show another charm: on the banks of West Lake in Hangzhou, the theme lantern festival of "Ink and Water Jiangnan" is decorated with mountains and rivers as the curtain, outlining the poetic and picturesque oriental artistic conception; the "Water Township Night Banquet" launched by Wuzhen allows citizens to enjoy the lanterns in the swaying boats and taste a unique style.

The Lantern Festival lanterns not only illuminate the prelude to the night, but also illuminate a new path to the integration of culture and tourism.

In Harbin, the "ice city" of Harbin, the innovative combination of ice sculpture art and lantern skills has created a "great world of ice and snow lanterns", attracting many southern tourists. "The lanterns here are full of fireworks, and the ice-carved lanterns are a rare sight in the south!" Ms. Ye, a tourist from Fuzhou, wrapped in a thick down jacket, couldn't hide her excitement.

In Haikou, Hainan, the lights of the Fucheng City will be brightly lit, and the gorgeous lanterns will shine together. At the same time, the Fucheng Lantern Festival also met citizens and tourists in advance. This year, it not only enriched the content of the event, but also introduced more interactive cultural experiences. Activities such as national style dress-up, flower god dance, and Ding Noodle Handicraft Workshop have been staged one after another, allowing tourists to experience the Lantern Festival, rubbing the characters of blessings, and making green to pray for blessings, and saying that they are "more fun than last year."

In the colorful activities of various places to welcome the Lantern Festival, traditional intangible cultural heritage is vividly integrated into the market fireworks, allowing people to experience deep cultural confidence in the celebration.

In Pengze County, Jiangxi Province, the Yangtze River cultural and folk customs are very lively. People dressed in festive clothes and walked through the old streets and alleys with cheerful rhythms; in Xuyi County, Jiangsu Province, 13 teams paraded the city, and the folk performances such as dragon and lion dance, yangko dance, fishing drums and other folk performances are wonderful; in Shaoyang City, Hunan, the "Intangible Cultural Heritage Congratulations on the New Year's Day" event is in full swing, with Baoqing bamboo carvings, beach woodblock New Year pictures, wood carvings, paper cutting and other intangible cultural heritage culture and creations, and craftsmen show off their exquisite skills on the spot, attracting many citizens and tourists to stop and experience, and share the charm of intangible cultural heritage.

The cultural resonance on the tip of the tongue is also moving.

In the snack bar in Wangfujing, Beijing, the master "rolls" out the snow-white Lantern Festival with a basket in his hand; in the time-honored teahouse in Guangzhou, the chef kneaded the glutinous rice ball and "wrapped" out the sweet dumplings.

"Although there are many differences in fillings in the north and south due to different eating habits and traditional products, the basic forms and eating methods are similar." Xiao Fang, a professor at the School of Social Sciences of Beijing Normal University, said that the reason behind this is closely related to the cultural sentiment of people from all over the country for the Lantern Festival. Whether it is dumplings or Lantern Festival, they all represent reunion, perfection, sweetness and steaming.

People often say that "the Lantern Festival is on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month", the word "大" expresses the festive festivals and the colorful activities, and it further hides people's love and yearning for a better life. Time flies, and the cultural connotation of the Lantern Festival is becoming more and more abundant. With the noise of gongs and drums, people are inspiring to welcome the new year with a new look.

The Lantern Festival is not only the end of the New Year Festival, but also the beginning of the future. The lights flow not only illuminate the past, but also illuminate the future, and deeply reflect the Chinese nation's protection and innovation of cultural roots. Let’s see the lights of thousands of families reflecting the mountains and rivers, and celebrate the Chinese New Year that is soaked in culture.