New Year's Day 15
Putian Donghai Town
Ten mile circle lights to make the Lantern Festival
Circle out the reunion, circle out the peace
Circle the reunion (Photo / Zeng Binglin)
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Ten mile circle of lights circle reunion
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The legend of the board lamp is more than a thousand years old
East Sea plate lamp, quite a head
One wooden board with 6 to 8 lamps
Drill holes are left in the tail of the plate head
Use crutches to hold the stick through the sleeve in tandem to form a lantern dragon
The plate lights throughout the East Sea are connected
Up to 10 km long
Rare in the world
East Sea plate lamp
Legend has it that the Lantern Dragon commemorates the Luoyang Bridge built by the ancestor of Cai surnamed Cai in the East China Sea (Cai Xiang, a famous minister of the Northern Song Dynasty). The plate surface is the bridge deck, the crutch is the bridge pier, the flower lamp is like a guardrail, the lamp head and the tail are like the bridge head general, the plates and plates are connected, and the links are interlocked. (Photo by Xu Wu)
Plate connection (Photography / Cai Hao)
East Sea plate lamp, a variety of forms
Colorful and beautiful
Dragon Lantern (Photo by Zeng Binglin)
Surname Lamp (Photo / Cai Hao)
Fan lamp (Photo by Zeng Binglin)
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Centered on the Golden Sands Palace
Turn on the Shangyuan Lantern Prayer Parade
Jinsha Palace Collection (Photo / Xu Xueshi)
Long queue (Photo / Cai Hao)
Ready to go (Photo / Cai Hao)
The light dragon is in front
The ten-tone eight band and the waist drum team accompanied
The salute was constantly fireworks along the way
It's hilarious
In the midst of thousands of lights
People cheered and blessed
Good luck with the new year
The cruise begins (Photo by Cai Hao)
Hao Hao (Photo/ Xu Xueshi)
Cruising around the village (Photo by Cai Hao)
Up to Ten Miles (Photo / Cai Hao)
Unprecedented Pomp (Photo / Cai Hao)
After the circumnavigation
The parade returns to Sands Palace Square
Take the lamp head as the center of the circle
Constantly spinning and coiling
Lap after lap
Form a unique panlong shape
Reach the climax of the circle lights
Hovering (Photography/Anon.
Lap after lap (Photo by Cai Hao)
Lantern Festival in Donghai Town (Photo / Cai Hao)
Ten thousand circle dragon lamp
Circle lights circle reunion
It means that every year is as expected, and everything goes smoothly
Every family, reunion
Recommended for surrounding attractions
【CaiXiang Cultural Park】
Located in the northeast foothills of Fushan Mountain, Donghai Town, with a construction area of 3,500 square meters, it integrates culture, sports, fitness and tourism. (Photo by Cai Xintian)
Stone statue of Cai Xiang (Photography / Cai Hao)
【Dongfen Five Emperors Temple】
Located in Dongjin Village, Lingchuan Town, Chengxiang District, it was founded in the thirteenth year of Tang Xianzong Yuan and the thirteenth year (818), and was rebuilt several times and rebuilt in the Qing Dynasty, as a provincial-level cultural relics protection unit. The temple has a large collection of cultural relics, including 65 cultural relics including the national second-class cultural relics tang dynasty stone lion. (Photo by Cai Hao)
The Tang Dynasty stone lion is a full carving of yellow-brown granite, 0.8 meters long, 0.6 meters wide, 1.8 meters high, with a volume of nearly 1 cubic meter, and a weight of about two tons. The stone lion is round in front and back, and the column is upright, which is the earliest large stone lion found in Putian City so far. (Photo by Cai Hao)
【Donghai Jinsha Palace】
Located in Dongsha Village, Donghai Town, Chengxiang District, it was founded in the eighth year of the Southern Song Dynasty (1172), which is the shape of the Qing Dynasty building, and the bucket-type civil structure covers a total area of 9885.9 square meters. Among them, the Duanming Hall was built to commemorate the merits of Cai Xiang, the "famous minister of the qing calendar", and the ten murals in the hall introduce cai Xiang's life and deeds, with bright colors and rich content. (Photo by Cai Xintian)
【Shitiji Temple】
Located in Pingyang Mountain, Donghai Town, Chengxiang District, Putian, it was founded in the fourth year of Emperor Qianfu of the Tang Dynasty (877), and is one of the earliest Buddhist activities in Putian. Surrounded by mountains and greenery, water and sky, beautiful scenery, ancient rhyme and leisurely. There are beautiful natural and cultural landscapes such as Longtan, Zhongtan Waterfall, Millennium Jade Dan, Peaks Reflecting the Moon, and Eight Immortals Bath. (Photo by Cai Hao)
【Xihuang Mazu Cultural Park】
It is located in Xihuang Village, Donghai Town, Chengxiang District. In 2016, the village donated more than 10 million yuan to build a majestic Mazu Palace and a stone statue of mazu, the goddess of the sea, which became a good place for the masses to relax. (Photo by Cai Xintian)
Goddess of the Sea, Mazu (Photo/ Cai Xintian)
Putian Qiao Xiang Times New Media Center published
Source: Rong Media Center, Chengxiang District, Putian City
Producer: Hussar Media
Editor: Wu Qinqin
Editor: Zheng Yujun