At the event site, children guessed the riddle. Provided by Tianyi Pavilion Museum
Ningbo, February 15 (Tong Xiaoyu Li Chengzi) From February 13 to February 15, Tianyi Pavilion Museum held the "Golden Tiger Lantern Festival - The Cabinet Owner Invites You to Guess the Riddle of lights" garden tour in Ningbo, Zhejiang Province.
The Lantern Festival is the first important festival after the Chinese Lunar New Year. "On New Year's Eve last year, the flower market was lit up like day." A thousand years ago, the Northern Song Dynasty writer Ouyang Xiu used a poem "Sheng Cha Zi Yuan Xi" to depict the liveliness and jubilation of the Lantern Festival. According to the traditional customs of Chinese folk, people will watch the lanterns during the Lantern Festival, guess the riddles, eat the Lantern Festival, and reunite with their families.
Located in Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province, Tianyi Pavilion was built during the Ming Jiajing period, presided over by Fan Qin, the right attendant of the Ming Dynasty Military Department who retired at that time, and has a collection of more than 70,000 volumes, with a history of more than 400 years, and is the second batch of national key cultural relics protection units.
Tianyi Pavilion Museum is a thematic museum with Tianyi Pavilion Library building as the core and the collection culture as the feature, and is a key protection unit of ancient books in China. During the event, fiery lanterns and riddles were hung under the tianyi pavilion promenade, attracting many tourists to participate in the interaction.
The scene of the event. Provided by Tianyi Pavilion Museum
The featured riddle is based in Ningbo. Ms. Wang, a Ningbo citizen who participated in the event, said that Ningbo people especially like to guess the lantern riddle during the Lantern Festival. "The old riddle is also called 'the orgon.'" The first vegetable at the back door, the snow and rain will bloom', it is an umbrella. ”
It is reported that after guessing the riddle correctly, tourists can solve the riddle and redeem prizes at the Tianyi Pavilion Cultural and Creative Museum to obtain the special "Lucky Bag" of Tianyi Pavilion.
On the day of the Lantern Festival, Tianyi Pavilion also invited a special dragon and lion dance team to perform at Tianyi Pavilion. It is a team of 16 elementary school students, dressed in school uniforms, arranged in two groups, dancing a yellow and a red "dragon", and a "lion" passing through it.
Parent Mr. Hu is a volunteer of Tianyi Pavilion. He said that the dragon and lion dance team was temporarily formed by the members of the parent committee with the children, and began to buy equipment, organize personnel and rehearse regularly from the beginning of the winter vacation. "At the beginning, I wanted the children to learn traditional culture and create a 'New Year's flavor'. I didn't expect the children to be very motivated and the effect was good. Lantern Energy Saving came to Tianyi Pavilion to perform, we all feel very honored and very happy! (End)
Source: China News Network