The Paper's reporter Yue Huairang
A total of 23 groups of large-scale lanterns were exhibited at the Cross-Strait Lantern Festival. China News Network Chart
The 2022 Cross-Strait Lantern Festival - Fangte New Year Night Lantern Viewing Activity was held on the evening of January 22 this year. This year's lantern festival will last until February 15 (the 15th day of the first lunar month), spanning traditional Chinese festivals such as the Spring Festival holiday and the Lantern Festival, combining the cultural characteristics of both sides of the Straits and the characteristics of the New Year, and exhibiting a total of 23 groups of large-scale lanterns. Traditional flower lanterns combine art, humanities, science and technology, and fashion elements to create a strong New Year's flavor.
The surging news reporter noted that the "China Tourism News" published on February 8 this year published an article "Thick "Gifts" to Stay in the Happy Year" and paid attention to the 2022 cross-strait lantern festival.
Screenshots of CCTV's "China News" column.
"I didn't go back to Taiwan this year, I chose to celebrate the New Year on the spot, and I didn't expect to see such beautiful flower lanterns in Xiamen." Seeing the familiar program and experiencing the strong hometown flavor, I feel very warm. At the scene of the Fantawild New Year Night Lantern Viewing Activity, Wu Jiaying, president of the Xiamen Taiwan Merchants Association, said excitedly while taking photos with her mobile phone.
"Fujian is the only province in the country named after the word 'Fu', and 'Fu culture' is rich in resources." According to the relevant person in charge of the Department of Culture and Tourism of Fujian Province, during the Spring Festival holiday, Fujian launched more than 1,000 exhibitions and performances and exhibition display activities "gift packages" around the theme of "Fu Culture", inviting citizens and tourists to spend a happy, civilized and peaceful New Year festival.
The Xiamen Fangte Oriental God Painting during the Spring Festival holiday is full of light, flower lanterns are hanging high, and the New Year flavor is strong. In 2022, the Cross-Strait Lantern Festival will attract many citizens and tourists to visit and punch cards. In the park, 23 groups of large-scale flower lanterns that integrate the culture of both sides of the Strait and the characteristics of the New Year, the elements of "Fu Culture" of large and small sizes, and the New Year programs such as "Greeting the New Year" are loved by compatriots on both sides of the strait in Xiamen for the New Year.
According to China News Network, this year, Fangte introduced the "Fu Culture" element into the lantern festival for the first time. The relevant person in charge of the Lantern Festival said that for thousands of years, compatriots on both sides of the strait have inherited and interpreted the Fu culture in various forms, and in the festive New Year festival, it is a vivid interpretation of the "Fu Culture", and the large and small "Fu" in the park will also add bright colors to the activities.
23 groups of special light groups, located in various scenic spots in the park, are scattered. Nezha Noisy Sea, Liang Zhu, etc. will integrate the traditional Chinese story into it, so that the lighting and shape are linked; the pumpkin carriage is integrated into the high-tech portrait interaction mode, attracting many children to line up to punch the clock, and visit the park, both adults and children can find fun while discovering traditional beauty.
In 2021, Taiwanese Nanyin artists Zhuo Shengxiang and Lin Sumei became the non-hereditary inheritors of the Nanyin Project in Fujian Province. At the scene of the lighting ceremony of this year's Xiamen Lantern Festival, they joined hands with Xiamen Nanyin artists to bring a cheerful song "Greeting the New Year" to play a joyful prelude for the lantern festival on both sides of the strait. "These shows have the flavor of childhood hometown." A Taiwanese youth at the scene said in an interview that it was as if time had traveled back to the stage of his hometown. He sighed that the Spring Festival on both sides of the strait is the same, the same lively, the same warmth.
Xiamen is currently one of the cities with the largest number of Taiwan compatriots on the mainland. Affected by the epidemic, many Taiwan compatriots have chosen to celebrate the New Year in Xiamen, and Xiamen Fangte has become a happy destination for them to experience the festive New Year flavor and relieve their homesickness. Xiamen Fantawild's "Flower Viewing Lanterns and Finding the Taste of the New Year" Chinese New Year activities will continue until the Lantern Festival. At that time, the brilliant lantern awards and wonderful cultural theme activities will make more compatriots in Xiamen and Fujian experience the friendship of "this hometown is like hometown" and have an unforgettable New Year holiday.
Nantou Lantern Club this year's main light "Tiger Mile Wang".
Across the Taiwan Strait, the "2022 Nantou Lantern Festival" was held in Nantou, Taiwan, from January 29 to February 20, and has attracted many people to visit during the Spring Festival.
According to Taiwan media reports, this year's Nantou Lantern Festival venue expanded the setting of mainland lighting areas, from 5 cities last year to 9, becoming one of the theme lighting districts in the lantern fair, including Shanghai, Hebei, and Zhejiang's Hangzhou, Haining, Huzhou, Wenzhou, Ningbo, Yiwu and other cities to participate in the exhibition, fully displaying the mainland lantern technology and adding diversified characteristics to the Nantou Lantern Festival.
The Nantou Lantern Festival entered its 7th year this year, and in previous years, because of the continuous invitation to the mainland "Copper Beam Fire Dragon" to perform on stage, causing a sensation, the number of tourists at the Lantern Festival was surging; last year, the outbreak of the epidemic, only the number of "free visit" tourists decreased. This year, the Nantou County Government fought again, planning the main light "Tiger Mile Wang" and 16 theme light areas, and also launched 10 highlights such as the drone fireworks show.
Responsible editor: Jiang Chenrui Photo editor: Zhang Tongze