With the beginning of the Spring Festival holiday, the tourism market in Jizhou District has gradually become hot, and various New Year-themed activities such as folk performances, intangible cultural heritage displays, and interactive games have been carried out one after another, attracting a large number of tourists to participate in the experience.
"I didn't fall behind the light shows of National Day, New Year's Day and Spring Festival, it was very lively, it was too much of a New Year's feeling!" said Mr. Li, a tourist who watched the light show of Yuyang Drum Tower on Chinese New Year's Eve, said with a smile. During this year's Spring Festival, Jizhou District will carry out a series of activities for the 2024 Spring Festival of "Shengshi Yuyang, Solo Joy and Ni Dress" in Yuyang Drum Tower and Yuyang Ancient Street, before the Spring Festival holiday, all kinds of festival decorations will attract 60,000 to 90,000 tourists every day, and on the first day of the Lunar New Year, rich activities will attract more than 130,000 tourists.
On Chinese New Year's Eve, the Yuyang Drum Tower light show attracts tourists
At 10 o'clock in the morning on the first day of the new year, the 18th Dule Temple Fair of the Municipal Intangible Cultural Heritage officially began, in front of the Guanyin Pavilion of the Dule Temple, several actors dressed up to carry out the "Guanyin Blessing" activity, and the tourists received the blessing belt symbolizing peace and happiness from the actors, and brought the beautiful meaning home.
Yuyang Ancient Street in Jizhou District, a national tourism and leisure district, is very lively, and as a linkage of the Dule Temple Fair, the immersive experience of the "New Year Aspiration and Student Prayer" research activity has been welcomed by many students. More than 30 junior and senior high school students dressed in Hanfu went to Dule Temple, Confucian Temple and Luban Temple under the leadership of their teachers to learn about historical and cultural stories, learn about Confucian culture through the worship ceremony and chant the Analects, listen to the experience sharing of the presidents of Tsinghua University and Peking University, and increase their cultural accomplishment.
Yuyang Ancient Street's "Ancient Style and Elegance Collection" is constantly crowded
In the ancient street, dragon and lion dances, "Qianlong" parades, and Hanfu performances are staged in turn. The most eye-catching thing is the "Hum Ha Two Generals" parade on the street. More than 3 meters high prop puppet one-to-one replica of the Dule Temple mountain gate "Hum Ha two generals" appearance, 2 staff will carry the puppet on their shoulders, through the operation of exquisite and complex organs, let the "Hum Ha two generals" turn their heads and wave while walking, many tourists gathered around, have taken out their mobile phones to take a group photo.
Yuyang Ancient Street's "Hum Ha Erjiang" parade attracts the attention of tourists
All kinds of intangible cultural heritage skills are onlookers by tourists, Jizhou district-level intangible cultural heritage "Liu's sugar painting skills" booth, sugar painting production of "Guan Yu" and "Yang Guifei" and other images are vivid, the inheritor is skillful, in the blink of an eye a piece of sugar painting signature is completed; Tianjin's municipal-level intangible cultural heritage and time-honored Chinese brand "Yuyang Liquor" has built an "intangible cultural heritage experience center" in the street, allowing tourists to learn about the history and cultural inheritance of intangible cultural heritage up close······
Beijing tourists experience Jizhou district-level intangible cultural heritage "Liu's Stone Mill Lantern Festival"
When night falls and the lights come on, the exquisite light decorations in the ancient street of Yuyang are lit up. The "Poetry Forest" in the middle section has become a gathering place for taking photos and checking in, and 160 poetry lamps are lit at the same time, making the cultural atmosphere more and more prominent. The Shimenkan Hutong in the ancient street has also changed its former appearance, and the "giant dragon" composed of lanterns winds and circles, lighting up the entire alley.
At night, the "Poetry Forest" of Yuyang Ancient Street adds cultural atmosphere
A variety of activities also attract tourists from other places to check in. "Yuyang Ancient Street is so lively, the stone mill Lantern Festival is particularly delicious, it is really a good choice to come here for the New Year this year. Mr. Huang and Ms. Wang from Beijing said that this year they chose to go to the homestay in Jizhou for the New Year, "I have brushed up on the short video platform to the homestay here, and I was immediately 'planted'.
The folk performance of the Great Wall of Huangyaguan attracts tourists to watch
Located in the northernmost part of Jizhou, the Huangyaguan Great Wall is constantly crowded, and the scenic spot combines the traditional temple fair with the elements of the national tide to create the second New Year folk culture theme park of the Huangyaguan Great Wall of "Daming Border Stop". Strings of red lanterns and festive couplets make the whole scenic spot full of festive atmosphere. Folk acrobatics, fancy stilts, traditional martial arts, Sichuan opera face changing······ Walking in various areas of the scenic area, visitors can enjoy wonderful programs.
Tourists interact with the lion dance team at the Huangyaguan Great Wall
"We took both parents and children to spend the New Year in a nearby homestay, which was a great feeling. Mr. Zhang, a tourist from Tianjin City, said, "Today, when I went to the Huangyaguan Great Wall, I not only felt the traditional folk culture, but also appreciated the majestic posture of the Great Wall, and I gained a lot!"