[Explanation] The color of the color is far away, and the light is far away from the sky.
Suspected that the stars are falling, the building hangs like the moon.
These catchy and beautiful lines depict an ancient traditional craft - the lantern.
In ancient times, lanterns, also known as lanterns, were not only used for lighting, but also a symbol of happiness and reunion.
Every 15th day of the 8th lunar month, every household always hangs up lanterns to enjoy the lanterns.
As the Mid-Autumn Festival is approaching, an alley in Hong Kong's Yuen Long Bridge Market is colorful, crowded and lively.
This is the famous "Lantern Street" in Hong Kong.
[Explanation] More than 30 years ago, in Yuen Long Wai Village, Huang Jiandi's family came here to open a candle shop.
Huang Jiandi's husband is a traditional craftsman, and her eldest son loves to paint.
As a result, the family also made some handmade lanterns for sale to subsidize the household in their spare time.
Since then, many lantern vendors have come here to open their shops, and the originally unknown alley has turned into a well-known local "Lantern Street".
[Concurrent] Huang Jiandi, the proprietress of Guanxiangxingxiangzhuang
In 1984, it is now the 37th year.
When I was young, I was poor and had nothing to play with.
Our whole family loves lanterns.
My husband does his own crafts and fireworks. My eldest son is interested in designing lanterns at school. These different styles are all designed by him.
Yuen Long is a rural area. Most of the people here live in walled villages. Some places like to hang lanterns to create some Mid-Autumn Festival atmosphere, which is very happy.
I will hang it in my own house.
I live on the first floor, so the place is a little more spacious and can hang a few more lanterns, I (will be at home) hang dozens of lanterns.
[Explanation] The Mid-Autumn Festival lanterns have a long history. As early as the Northern Song Dynasty "Wulin Old Story", there was a description of putting "One Point Red" into the river for drifting and playing on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival. The "One Point Red" here is the earliest Lanterns.
Through generations of inheritance and evolution, the folk custom of hanging lanterns during the Mid-Autumn Festival is generally preserved in southern China.
For Hong Kong Zhazuo master Mao Zhuoqi, this is the busiest time of the year.
[Concurrent] Hong Kong tying master Mao Zhuoqi
Because the Mid-Autumn Festival is celebrated all over the world, everyone feels happy, and it is a festival that men, women and children like.
Citizens come to this place and see the lanterns, you see them all with joy.
In fact, we play with lanterns during the Mid-Autumn Festival, or Chinese lanterns can be traced back to thousands of years ago. The original lanterns were practical and used in life, that is, using lamps to cover the flames and prevent them from being blown out.
After that, lanterns were used in different festivals.
Lanterns come in many different shapes.
Traditionally, there are rabbits, oranges, fruit lanterns, starfruit, peaches, cartoon dolls and so on.
[Explanation] Although the styles and styles are ever-changing, in Mao Zhuoqi's view, the lanterns have kept pace with the times along with the changes in the living environment and social aesthetics of Hong Kong people, and the beautiful meaning has always been new.
[Concurrent] Hong Kong tying master Mao Zhuoqi
I remember that when I entered the industry, it should have been in the 1980s, a full forty years ago, there were no lanterns of these styles, only paper lanterns, which were larger in size.
So now (some people say) I always see some cloth lanterns, and I want to make some traditional cellophane lanterns, but because people now live in buildings and the place is smaller, the lanterns are reduced in size and made of small cellophane The fish, rabbits, and planes are all very popular.
So no matter when there is a saying called "old and fashionable", the classic is always a cycle.
[Explanation] The Mid-Autumn Festival is approaching, and the lanterns are beginning to appear. Lantern Street is still full of pedestrians and the flow is endless. Many parents in the crowd bring their children to choose their favorite Mid-Autumn lanterns.
This alley carries the Mid-Autumn Festival memories of generations of Hong Kong people, and also carries on the blessings of reunion and auspiciousness from generation to generation.
[Concurrent] Hong Kong tying master Mao Zhuoqi
Parents all want to be an example and tell their children that when their parents were young, they played with some paper lanterns. This is an education.
It hasn't been broken for decades, and it has been passed down from generation to generation. Grandpa played with lanterns when he was a child.
Therefore, playing with lanterns (the custom) has not stopped flourishing in Hong Kong in the past 100 years.
The meaning is beaming, colorful, everyone is happy, everyone is peaceful and prosperous, everyone is happy, and they live and work in peace and contentment.
Reporter Fan Siyi and Luo Siyu report from Hong Kong
Responsible editor: [Ji Xiang]