Intangible Cultural Heritage in the New Year's Flavor | Experience Fuzhou Folk "Lamp Culture" _ News

Sanfang Qixiang is located on both sides of Nanhou Street in Fuzhou City, Fujian Province. Since the Song Dynasty, people have gathered here to enjoy lanterns and watch folk performances on Nanhou Street every first month, especially around the 15th Yuanxiao (Filled round balls made of glutinous rice-flour for Lantern Festival) Festival

Bing Xin once wrote that in the New Year, there are all kinds of lights in Nanhou Street. "Large glass lamps, gauze lamps, filament lamps, ox horn lamps, etc. with delicate flowers and birds painted on them, were lit on the Yuanxiao (Filled round balls made of glutinous rice-flour for Lantern Festival) night. It's really 'flower market lamps are like day', and tourists are weaving and laughing all over the street!"

The folk lantern culture in Fuzhou has a long history and rich content, with customs such as making flower lanterns, sending flower lanterns, hanging lanterns, and admiring flower lanterns. During the Spring Festival, there are also unique customs for grandmothers to buy and give lanterns to their grandchildren. "Especially on the 'Upper Harvest Day' on the eleventh day of the first lunar month, children carry lanterns given by their grandmother and play in groups on the streets and alleys, which is very lively," said Qiu Denghui, a visiting professor at Minjiang Normal University and an expert in Fuzhou folk customs.