On January 8, villagers danced fish lanterns in Zhanqi Village, Bei'an Town, She County, Huangshan City, Anhui Province.

As the Spring Festival approaches, Zhanqi Village, She County, Huangshan City, Anhui Province held several fish lantern parades. Many tourists came here to experience the unique scenery of this thousand-year-old village.

The Zhanqi Fish Lantern originated in the Southern Song Dynasty and is like a carp, which means surplus every year and good luck. The fish lantern is an important traditional cultural and folk activity in the local area. During the first lunar month every year, the fish lanterns of the ancient village are swam like life.

In recent years, the intangible cultural heritage inheritor of Zhanqi fish lamp has innovated on the basis of retaining the traditional fish lamp production process, and at the same time extended several new lanterns for tourists to enjoy. As the popularity of fish lamps expands, business formats such as fish lamp study tours and fish lamp exhibitions are constantly enriching.

Now, the fish lamp has become a beautiful business card of Zhanqi Village, and this ancient intangible cultural heritage is rejuvenating.

Xinhua News Agency reporter Zhang Duan Huang Bohan Lu Peng Photography Report

On January 6, in Zhanqi Village, Bei'an Town, She County, Huangshan City, Anhui Province, the captain of the fish lantern team, Zheng Dongjiao, showed the steps of dancing fish lanterns.

On January 6, villagers were making fish lanterns in Zhanqi Village, Bei'an Town, She County, Huangshan City, Anhui Province.

On January 6, villagers from Zhanqi Village, Bei'an Town, She County, Huangshan City, Anhui Province were making fish lanterns.

On January 6, Wang Yufang, the inheritor of the intangible cultural heritage of Zhanqi fish lamp, displayed the fish lamp in the studio in Zhanqi Village, Bei'an Town, She County, Huangshan City, Anhui Province.

On January 8, the fish lantern team in Zhanqi Village, Bei'an Town, She County, Huangshan City, Anhui Province performed in the village.

On January 6, villagers from Zhanqi Village, Bei'an Town, She County, Huangshan City, Anhui Province were making fish lanterns.

On January 6, Zheng Dongjiao, captain of the fish lantern team of Zhanqi Village, Bei'an Town, She County, Huangshan City, Anhui Province, was demonstrating the fish lantern dancing.

On January 18, tourists were experiencing fish lantern making in Zhanqi Village, Bei'an Town, She County, Huangshan City, Anhui Province. Xinhua News Agency (photo by Fan Chengzhu)

On January 6, villagers were making fish lanterns in Zhanqi Village, Bei'an Town, She County, Huangshan City, Anhui Province.

This is a reflection of a fish light taken on January 10 in Zhanqi Village, Bei'an Town, She County, Huangshan City, Anhui Province.

On January 18, tourists were shopping for fish lamps in Zhanqi Village, Bei'an Town, She County, Huangshan City, Anhui Province. Xinhua News Agency (photo by Fan Chengzhu)

On January 18, tourists visited Zhanqi Village, Bei'an Town, She County, Huangshan City, Anhui Province. Xinhua News Agency (photo by Fan Chengzhu)

On January 6, villagers were making fish lanterns in a ancestral hall in Zhanqi Village, Bei'an Town, She County, Huangshan City, Anhui Province.

On January 18, villager Wang Wenying was making fish lanterns in Zhanqi Village, Bei'an Town, She County, Huangshan City, Anhui Province. Xinhua News Agency (photo by Fan Chengzhu)

On January 6, in Zhanqi Village, Bei'an Town, She County, Huangshan City, Anhui Province, Wang Yufang, the inheritor of Zhanqi fish lamp intangible cultural heritage, displayed his design fish lamp cultural and creative products.

On January 6, Wang Guanhai, the inheritor of the intangible cultural heritage of Zhanqi fish lamp, displayed his own fish lamp at home in Zhanqi Village, Bei'an Town, She County, Huangshan City, Anhui Province.

On January 10, in Zhanqi Village, Bei'an Town, She County, Huangshan City, Anhui Province, parents were holding their children and watching fish lamp parade.

On January 6, Wang Yufang, the inheritor of the intangible cultural heritage of Zhanqi fish lamps, was making fish lamps in Zhanqi Village, Bei'an Town, She County, Huangshan City, Anhui Province.

On January 10, the fish lantern team in Zhanqi Village, Bei'an Town, She County, Huangshan City, Anhui Province performed in the village.

On the evening of January 8, the fish lantern team in Zhanqi Village, Bei'an Town, She County, Huangshan City, Anhui Province performed in the village.

On January 6, Wang Yufang, the inheritor of the intangible cultural heritage of Zhanqi fish lamp, was making fish lamps in Zhanqi Village, Bei'an Town, She County, Huangshan City, Anhui Province.

On January 6, in a ancestral hall in Zhanqi Village, Bei'an Town, She County, Huangshan City, Anhui Province, Wang Guanhai, the inheritor of the intangible cultural heritage of Zhanqi fish lantern, was making fish lanterns.

On January 10, tourists were shopping for fish lamps in Zhanqi Village, Bei'an Town, She County, Huangshan City, Anhui Province.

On January 6, villagers were making fish lanterns in Zhanqi Village, Bei'an Town, She County, Huangshan City, Anhui Province.

On January 8, in a ancestral hall in Zhanqi Village, Bei'an Town, She County, Huangshan City, Anhui Province, villagers lit the fish lanterns and prepared to dance the lanterns in the village.

On January 6, Wang Yufang, the inheritor of the intangible cultural heritage of Zhanqi fish lamp, displayed his own fish lamp in Zhanqi Village, Bei'an Town, She County, Huangshan City, Anhui Province.

On January 10, villagers displayed their own fish lanterns in Zhanqi Village, Bei'an Town, She County, Huangshan City, Anhui Province.