Culture&Life | Fish-shaped lanterns made to celebrate upcoming Spring Festival in east China's Shexian County-Xinhua
Culture&Life | Fish-shaped lanterns made to celebrate upcoming Spring Festival in east China's Shexian County
Source: Xinhua
Editor: huaxia
2024-02-08 15:08:15
Local residents decorate a room of fish-shaped lanterns in Zhanqi Village of Shexian County, Huangshan City, east China's Anhui Province, Feb. 6, 2024. (Photo by Fan Chengzhu/Xinhua)
HUANGSHAN, Feb. 8 (Xinhua) -- Locals in Shexian County, Huangshan City, east China's Anhui Province, are busy making fish-shaped lanterns in preparation for the upcoming Chinese Lunar New Year, which falls on Feb. 10 this year.
The parade with fish-shaped lanterns is an important folk cultural activity in Shexian County. Every year, in the first month of the Chinese lunar calendar, it attracts tourists from all over the country.
An aerial drone photo taken on Jan. 27, 2024 shows people watching the parade with fish-shaped lanterns in the Huizhou ancient town in Shexian County of Huangshan City, east China's Anhui Province. (Xinhua/Liu Junxi)A drone photo taken on Feb. 6, 2024 shows local residents making a fish-shaped lantern in Zhanqi Village of Shexian County, Huangshan City, east China's Anhui Province. (Photo by Fan Chengzhu/Xinhua)An aerial drone photo taken on Jan. 27, 2024 shows people watching the parade with fish-shaped lanterns in the Huizhou ancient town in Shexian County of Huangshan City, east China's Anhui Province. (Xinhua/Liu Junxi)An aerial drone photo taken on Jan. 27, 2024 shows people holding fish-shaped lanterns attending a parade in the Huizhou ancient town in Shexian County of Huangshan City, east China's Anhui Province. (Xinhua/Bai Bin)Wang Guanhai (C), an inheritor of fish-shaped lantern making skills, makes a fish-shaped lantern in Zhanqi Village of Shexian County, Huangshan City, east China's Anhui Province, Feb. 6, 2024. (Photo by Fan Chengzhu/Xinhua)Wang Yufang works on a fish-shaped lantern in Zhanqi Village of Shexian County, Huangshan City, east China's Anhui Province, Feb. 4, 2024. (Xinhua/Zhang Duan)■
