Dragon lanterns illuminate Yangming Ancient Town
11 months ago

Dragon lanterns illuminate Yangming Ancient Town

China Daily  

A spectacular lantern fair is underway in Yangming Ancient Town, located in the county-level city of Yuyao in Ningbo. Yangming Ancient Town, located in the county-level city of Yuyao in Ningbo, has recently been aglow with vibrant hues as the annual lantern fair returned to celebrate the lunar Chinese New Year. The lantern fair is a dazzling display of meticulously designed dragon lanterns, metamorphosing Yangming Ancient Town into a lively and resplendent spectacle, radiating the festive ambiance of the Chinese New Year. Lanterns seen in Yangming Ancient Town, located in the county-level city of Yuyao in Ningbo.

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China's festive boom continues in run-up to Lantern Festival
10 months ago

China's festive boom continues in run-up to Lantern Festival

China Daily  

Visitors admire dragon-themed lanterns at Yuyuan Garden in Shanghai on January 29, 2024. Spectacular lantern fairs are being held across the country, with vibrant and exquisite lanterns dazzling visitors from cites to villages. People are enjoying colorful lanterns while taking part in cultural activities such as poetry appreciation and riddle solving to appreciate the charm of Chinese culture. The fascination …

China's festive boom continues in run-up to Lantern Festival
10 months ago

China's festive boom continues in run-up to Lantern Festival

China Daily  

Visitors admire dragon-themed lanterns at Yuyuan Garden in Shanghai on January 29, 2024. Spectacular lantern fairs are being held across the country, with vibrant and exquisite lanterns dazzling visitors from cites to villages. People are enjoying colorful lanterns while taking part in cultural activities such as poetry appreciation and riddle solving to appreciate the charm of Chinese culture. The fascination …

Ningbo's fish lantern event shines brightly in celebration of Lantern Festival
10 months ago

Ningbo's fish lantern event shines brightly in celebration of Lantern Festival

China Daily  

A four-meter-long fish lantern led the procession followed by fish lanterns of various shapes and sizes on the street in Qiangjiao town, Ningbo on Feb 21, creating a vibrant spectacle. In celebration of the Lantern Festival, which falls on Feb 24 this year, Qiangjiao town in Ningbo, Zhejiang province has been adorned with colorful decorations for the three-day Ninghai Bay …

Colorful lanterns light up festive atmosphere at capital's Central Axis
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Colorful lanterns light up festive atmosphere at capital's Central Axis

China Daily  

Colored lanterns from Zigong, Sichuan province, are shown at the Chinese Traditional Culture Museum to celebrate Spring Festival and Lantern Festival. Dated as early as to the Tang Dynasty, shows of handmade colored lanterns have been held in Zigong, Sichuan province, as an essential part of the grand celebrations around Spring Festival and Lantern Festival. Groups of Zigong lanterns are …

Colorful lanterns light up festive atmosphere at capital's Central Axis
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Colorful lanterns light up festive atmosphere at capital's Central Axis

China Daily  

Colored lanterns from Zigong, Sichuan province, are shown at the Chinese Traditional Culture Museum to celebrate Spring Festival and Lantern Festival. Dated as early as to the Tang Dynasty, shows of handmade colored lanterns have been held in Zigong, Sichuan province, as an essential part of the grand celebrations around Spring Festival and Lantern Festival. Groups of Zigong lanterns are …

Colorful lanterns light up festive atmosphere at capital's Central Axis
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Colorful lanterns light up festive atmosphere at capital's Central Axis

China Daily  

Colored lanterns from Zigong, Sichuan province, are shown at the Chinese Traditional Culture Museum to celebrate Spring Festival and Lantern Festival. Dated as early as to the Tang Dynasty, shows of handmade colored lanterns have been held in Zigong, Sichuan province, as an essential part of the grand celebrations around Spring Festival and Lantern Festival. Groups of Zigong lanterns are …

38th Qinhuai Lantern Festival lights up China
10 months, 2 weeks ago

38th Qinhuai Lantern Festival lights up China

China Daily  

Dragon-themed lantern displayed at Laomendong district, Nanjing, Jiangsu province, Jan 21st, 2024. Compared to previous years' lantern festivals, one of the major highlights this year is the prominent the Year of the Dragon theme. On the evening of February 2, the 2024 "Light Up China" event, the 38th annual China Qinhuai Lantern Festival lighting ceremony, began at the Bailuzhou park …

38th Qinhuai Lantern Festival lights up China
10 months, 2 weeks ago

38th Qinhuai Lantern Festival lights up China

China Daily  

Dragon-themed lantern displayed at Laomendong district, Nanjing, Jiangsu province, Jan 21st, 2024. Compared to previous years' lantern festivals, one of the major highlights this year is the prominent the Year of the Dragon theme. On the evening of February 2, the 2024 "Light Up China" event, the 38th annual China Qinhuai Lantern Festival lighting ceremony, began at the Bailuzhou park …

38th Qinhuai Lantern Festival lights up China
10 months, 2 weeks ago

38th Qinhuai Lantern Festival lights up China

China Daily  

Dragon-themed lantern displayed at Laomendong district, Nanjing, Jiangsu province, Jan 21st, 2024. Compared to previous years' lantern festivals, one of the major highlights this year is the prominent the Year of the Dragon theme. On the evening of February 2, the 2024 "Light Up China" event, the 38th annual China Qinhuai Lantern Festival lighting ceremony, began at the Bailuzhou park …

Illuminating tradition
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Illuminating tradition

China Daily  

Editor's note: Traditional arts and crafts are supreme samples of Chinese cultural heritage. Then, the greater social harmony and economic prosperity of the Tang Dynasty propelled their popularity to a peak, and Lantern Festival became an annual milestone event on the 15th day of the first lunar month. Numerous ancient poems recount emotional scenes in which various shapes and sizes …

Illuminating tradition
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Illuminating tradition

China Daily  

Editor's note: Traditional arts and crafts are supreme samples of Chinese cultural heritage. Then, the greater social harmony and economic prosperity of the Tang Dynasty propelled their popularity to a peak, and Lantern Festival became an annual milestone event on the 15th day of the first lunar month. Numerous ancient poems recount emotional scenes in which various shapes and sizes …

Illuminating tradition
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Illuminating tradition

China Daily  

Editor's note: Traditional arts and crafts are supreme samples of Chinese cultural heritage. Then, the greater social harmony and economic prosperity of the Tang Dynasty propelled their popularity to a peak, and Lantern Festival became an annual milestone event on the 15th day of the first lunar month. Numerous ancient poems recount emotional scenes in which various shapes and sizes …

Illuminating tradition
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Illuminating tradition

China Daily  

Editor's note: Traditional arts and crafts are supreme samples of Chinese cultural heritage. Then, the greater social harmony and economic prosperity of the Tang Dynasty propelled their popularity to a peak, and Lantern Festival became an annual milestone event on the 15th day of the first lunar month. Numerous ancient poems recount emotional scenes in which various shapes and sizes …

A brilliant celebration
10 months, 4 weeks ago

A brilliant celebration

China Daily  

The annual Yuyuan Garden Lantern Show kicks off in Shanghai on Sunday to welcome the upcoming Year of the Dragon. The annual Yuyuan Garden Lantern Show kicked off in Shanghai on Sunday to celebrate the upcoming Year of the Dragon, which begins on Feb 10. Like the previous edition, this year's show, which features thousands of lanterns, is also inspired …

Annual lantern show sheds new light on ancient culture
10 months, 4 weeks ago

Annual lantern show sheds new light on ancient culture

China Daily  

The annual Yuyuan Garden Lantern Show kicks off in Shanghai on Sunday to welcome the upcoming Year of the Dragon. The annual Yuyuan Garden Lantern Show kicked off in Shanghai on Sunday to celebrate the upcoming Year of the Dragon, which begins on Feb 10. Like the previous edition, this year's show, which features thousands of lanterns, is also inspired …

A brilliant celebration
10 months, 4 weeks ago

A brilliant celebration

China Daily  

The annual Yuyuan Garden Lantern Show kicks off in Shanghai on Sunday to welcome the upcoming Year of the Dragon. The annual Yuyuan Garden Lantern Show kicked off in Shanghai on Sunday to celebrate the upcoming Year of the Dragon, which begins on Feb 10. Like the previous edition, this year's show, which features thousands of lanterns, is also inspired …

Traditional lantern-making preserved and thriving in Yangzhao village
1 year ago

Traditional lantern-making preserved and thriving in Yangzhao village

China Daily  

Residents and workers produce lanterns in Yangzhao village of Yuncheng, Shanxi province. Residents and workers diligently produce lanterns at the lantern industry park in Yangzhao village of Jishan county, Yuncheng's lantern production and distribution center. In 2008, Yuncheng included Yangzhao's traditional lantern-making technique on its city-level intangible cultural heritage list. Building upon their inheritance of traditional production techniques, residents have …

Traditional lantern-making preserved and thriving in Yangzhao village
1 year ago

Traditional lantern-making preserved and thriving in Yangzhao village

China Daily  

Residents and workers produce lanterns in Yangzhao village of Yuncheng, Shanxi province. Residents and workers diligently produce lanterns at the lantern industry park in Yangzhao village of Jishan county, Yuncheng's lantern production and distribution center. In 2008, Yuncheng included Yangzhao's traditional lantern-making technique on its city-level intangible cultural heritage list. Building upon their inheritance of traditional production techniques, residents have …

Festive China: Lantern Show
1 year, 2 months ago

Festive China: Lantern Show

China Daily  

Chinese people have appreciated the beauty of lanterns for years. Yuyuan Lantern Show in Shanghai and Qinhuai Lantern Show in Nanjing, East China's Jiangsu province, are two notable shows. Mentioning Chinese lanterns would not be complete without alluding to a city in Southwest China's Sichuan province, Zigong, often hailed as the City of Lanterns. Lantern production is now a driving …

Festive China: Lantern Show
1 year, 2 months ago

Festive China: Lantern Show

China Daily  

Chinese people have appreciated the beauty of lanterns for years. Yuyuan Lantern Show in Shanghai and Qinhuai Lantern Show in Nanjing, East China's Jiangsu province, are two notable shows. Mentioning Chinese lanterns would not be complete without alluding to a city in Southwest China's Sichuan province, Zigong, often hailed as the City of Lanterns. Lantern production is now a driving …

Yuyuan Garden's lantern show to light up festival
1 year, 11 months ago

Yuyuan Garden's lantern show to light up festival

China Daily  

The annual Yuyuan Garden Lantern Show, unveiled last month in Shanghai, will last for 52 days. One of the most anticipated entertainment events of the year, the annual Yuyuan Garden Lantern Show was unveiled last month and will last for 52 days, longer than previous editions, to allow more people to enjoy the colorful scenes. "Yuyuan Garden has always been …

Yuyuan Garden's lantern show to light up festival
1 year, 11 months ago

Yuyuan Garden's lantern show to light up festival

China Daily  

The annual Yuyuan Garden Lantern Show, unveiled last month in Shanghai, will last for 52 days. One of the most anticipated entertainment events of the year, the annual Yuyuan Garden Lantern Show was unveiled last month and will last for 52 days, longer than previous editions, to allow more people to enjoy the colorful scenes. "Yuyuan Garden has always been …

Artist celebrates Lantern Festival with exhibition
2 years, 10 months ago

Artist celebrates Lantern Festival with exhibition

China Daily  

To celebrate the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first lunar month, artist Qiu Zhijie is hosting a unique lantern festival at Yongqingfang, a historical complex in Guangzhou, Guangdong province. The exhibition draws inspiration from an ancient painting from the Ming Dynasty entitled "Picture of Colored Lanterns in Lantern Festival" that depicts a scene of a crowded market …

Lantern fair held to celebrate Chinese Lunar New Year in Zigong, Sichuan
2 years, 10 months ago

Lantern fair held to celebrate Chinese Lunar New Year in Zigong, Sichuan

China Daily  

A lantern fair was held to celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year in Zigong, which is famous for lantern-making. Photo taken on Jan 20, 2022 shows a lantern set at the lantern fair in Zigong, Southwest China's Sichuan province. Visitors pose for a group photo at the lantern fair in Zigong, Southwest China's Sichuan province, Jan 20, 2022. A worker …

75-year-old artisan hosts lantern show
3 years, 9 months ago

75-year-old artisan hosts lantern show

China Daily  

Wang Chenghao shows people how to make a rabbit lantern in Ningbo Songhe Park, Yuelong sub-street, Ninghai county, Ningbo on Feb 24. A 75-year-old artisan from Ninghai county, Ningbo held a lantern show on Feb 24 to celebrate the upcoming Lantern Festival, which falls on Feb 26 this year. The lanterns featuring 12 animals that constitute the Chinese zodiac cycle …

Spotlight on culture at Qingdao Lantern Festival celebration
3 years, 9 months ago

Spotlight on culture at Qingdao Lantern Festival celebration

China Daily  

A series of performances and intangible cultural heritage experiences were recently staged in the city of Qingdao in East China's Shandong province to celebrate the upcoming Lantern Festival, which falls on Feb 26 this year. Singing and dancing, local residents celebrate the upcoming Lantern Festival in the coastal city of Qingdao. A folk artist recounts the story about traditional New …

Tai'an dresses up for Lantern Festival celebration
3 years, 9 months ago

Tai'an dresses up for Lantern Festival celebration

China Daily  

A series of lantern shows are underway in Tai'an, East China's Shandong province to celebrate the Lantern Festival which falls on Feb 26 this year. An installation featuring ox-shaped lanterns is seen in Tai'an as the city prepares to celebrate this year's Lantern Festival. A lantern show also takes place at Taishan Yunji Street in Daiyue district of Tai'an. A …

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