What's interesting about the 2023 Shenzhen Lantern Festival?

The fun of the 2023 Shenzhen Lantern Festival includes the imitation of the Forbidden City theme lantern festival, the magic night in the green field, and the splendid china Zigong Lantern Festival Carnival.

In the New Year of 2023, Futian District moved the grand scene at that time into Huaqiang North. The Palace Museum will use palace lanterns as a link to meet Huaqiang North across time and space. The second series of activities in Futian, which imitates the Forbidden City, will be grandly opened on June 65438+ 10/9.

Fantasy Night in the Green Field combines light and shadow art with Hakka folk customs to create a 20+ lighting theme show, 16 performances, which will be performed every night during the Spring Festival. The theme lights such as misty forest, pastoral impression and field concert echo the natural pastoral scenery of Xiaoliangmao Farm and the quiet and simple texture of Phoenix Valley, creating a charming night view of the Wizard of Oz.

Lantern Festival activities

1, play the dragon lantern

The dragon is the totem of China, and the Chinese nation advocates the dragon and regards it as a symbol of good luck. On the fifteenth day of the first month, the festive atmosphere of singing and dancing spread in many places. Playing dragon lanterns, also known as dragon dancing, is a unique traditional folk entertainment activity in China. Playing with dragon lanterns has become quite common among the people in China in the Han Dynasty. Playing with dragon lanterns is also a common form of performance in the social fire and dance team performances in the Tang and Song Dynasties.

2. Eiko Valley

Zigu is also called Gucci, and in the north she is called toilet aunt and pit aunt. The ancient folk custom is to offer sacrifices to Ce Shen Zigu on the 15th day of the first month, and to offer sacrifices to silkworm and mulberry, which shows many things. On the night of welcoming the daughter-in-law, people tie the portrait of the daughter-in-law with straw and cloth, and greet her in the toilet with pigsty at night.