Wonderful Folk Customs Happy The Lantern Festival, Booming Consumption, China's Development Momentum Amidst The Fireworks

Feb 26, 2024

Thousands of households have a good night, with lanterns and colorful decorations celebrating the Lantern Festival. February 24th is the Lantern Festival. If the Spring Festival is a folk drama, then the Lantern Festival is the finale of this drama. The key to the excitement of the Lantern Festival lies in the word "noisy". Through colorful folk activities, people express their beautiful vision for family reunion and infinite expectations for a better life.

In Ji'an, Jiangxi, a Lantern Festival dragon dance performance is going on. 22 dragon lantern teams from across the province and nearly 40 national and provincial intangible cultural heritage projects from Ji'an took turns on stage, instantly igniting the festive atmosphere. After the finishing touches, the 300-meter-long dragon was full of energy and energy. More than 160 performers danced with the spirit of the dragon, and cheers and cheers came one after another. The exquisite, various and colorful lanterns attracted many citizens to stop and take photos.
As soon as the gongs and drums sounded, the passionate Jiaodong Yangge made the Lantern Festival even more festive and lively. On the morning of February 24, a thousand-person Yangko performance was held in Rushan, Shandong Province, the "hometown of Chinese Yangko", with gongs and drums sounding powerful and fire dragons flying. The two-kilometer-long Yangko team has become the protagonist of the local Lantern Festival. Performances such as running land boats, playing donkeys, and colorful fans have attracted a large number of citizens and tourists.
Of course, the Year of the Dragon is indispensable with the dragon element. In Zhongshan, Guangdong, tens of thousands of people presented a Lantern Festival folk feast to the citizens through intangible cultural heritage and folk cultural parades and performances. Drunken Dragon performers combine the Cheung Chau Drunken Dragon, a national intangible cultural heritage project, with traditional Chinese Nanquan, Drunken Boxing, juggling and other skills to show the various forms of drunken wooden dragon dancing. Each set of moves attracts the attention of the scene. The audience cheered.
Since the Lantern Festival falls on a weekend, key business districts across the country have experienced a small peak in passenger flow. Data shows that Chongqing's Jiefangbei, Nanjing's Confucius Temple Pedestrian Street, Guangzhou's Tianhe Road business district, Shenyang Middle Street, and Beijing's Wangfujing Street have become the most popular night tour business districts during this year's Lantern Festival.