China News Service, Quanzhou, February 22 (Yang Wenjing and Lin Hai) "A Sheng song is like the sea in spring, and thousands of lights are like the night." During the Lantern Festival during the Spring Festival of the Year of the Dragon, the 14th "Quanzhou Lantern Show" was held in Anping, Shennong Street, Tainan , Dayuan 100 Mall and other places, adding a strong flavor of the New Year to Tainan and demonstrating the profound cultural heritage of the World Heritage City.
During the Lantern Festival, the Year of the Dragon, the 14th "Quanzhou Lantern Show" was held in Tainan.
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The relevant person in charge of the Quanzhou Overseas Chinese Federation introduced on the 22nd that Quanzhou selected 500 creative lanterns and artistic lanterns for the exhibition this time, with the World Heritage Quanzhou culture as the theme, and the traditional lanterns with southern Fujian characteristics as the prototype, integrating Quanzhou’s representative scenic spots, "East and West" The "Tower", "Maritime Silk Road Ship" and "City of Light" series of lanterns allow Taiwanese people to see their hometown at their doorstep.
During the Lantern Festival, the organizer also held the "Happily Welcome the New Year and Celebrate the Lantern Festival" event in Tainan's Xidian Temple. The temple displayed Quanzhou's traditional colorful lanterns, and the Quanzhou Overseas Chinese Federation provided hand-carved paper lanterns "City of Light" Let people DIY on site.
There was an endless stream of people participating in the handmade lantern making at the scene, including a 90-year-old Heshou man and a 5-year-old child. Young and old enjoyed themselves together and made Quanzhou lanterns together.
Taiwanese people DIY hand-carved paper lanterns on site.
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It is reported that since 2011, the Quanzhou Overseas Chinese Federation and the Tainan City Cultural Association have cooperated to hold fourteen consecutive "Quanzhou Lantern Shows". This event has become a reserved item for local citizens' Spring Festival and Lantern Festival celebrations, and has become a promotion for cross-strait cultural exchanges and people-to-people exchanges. important carrier of communication.
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