The dragon has a special status in Chinese culture, symbolizing good luck, prosperity and other good meanings. 2024, the Year of the Dragon is approaching, and the flavor of the year is getting stronger, with many places across the country filled with dragon elements.

  At the Chongqing Qijiang Peasant Printmaking Institute, the "giant dragons" are strong and powerful, with smooth and tense lines. The dragon's body outlined on the wooden board is winding and dynamic, allowing visitors to feel the unique charm of the dragon. The "giant dragons" have strong and powerful postures, smooth and tense lines, and the dragon's body outlined on the wooden board is winding and dynamic, allowing visitors to feel the unique charm of the dragon.

  In Chongqing's Shapingba business district, a giant screen staged the image of "The Dragon Soaring to Celebrate the New Year", attracting passers-by to experience the shock of naked-eye 3D.

  At the Huiqing Dough Sculpture Art Museum in Zaoqiang County, Hengshui, Hebei Province, dough sculpture artist Li Huiqing is concentrating on creating vivid and interesting auspicious dragon dough sculptures. The auspicious dragon mask made by Li Huiqing is about 60 centimeters high. The color scheme adopts traditional tones such as yellow, red, and white. By carefully carving details such as more than a thousand dragon scales, horns, and whiskers on the body, it embodies the dragon to the greatest extent. Characteristics.

  In Jishui County, Jiangxi, the inheritors of the "Wanli Bamboo Lantern" production technique combine traditional craftsmanship with the "dragon" element, and the ancient handicrafts are "updated" to add a strong flavor to the upcoming Spring Festival. Wanli Bamboo Lamp is a kind of lighting appliance that uses bamboo silk lampshade, LED lamp as light source, and combines centralized classical elements with modern craftsmanship. Looking closely at its lamps, you can see that the production process is delicate and the precision requirements are strict.

  On Sichuan North Road in Shanghai, the "Happy Chinese Year in Hongkou" Shanghai Style Lighting Ceremony for the Year of the Dragon was held here, lighting up the "Shanghai Style Chinese Year" in a century-old alley.

  (Comprehensive report produced by China News Service Liu Shijiong)

Editor in charge: [Luo Pan]