Guangshan County held the "First Traditional Culture Lantern Festival and Dragon and Lion Dance Performance" in Baiqueyuan Town. At the event site, there were 100,000 people in the Bird's Nest, and the gongs and drums were loud, and there were a sea of people. Sixteen dragons shuttled through the sea of people. Full of energy, the dragon dancer wearing holiday costumes held the dragon pole high with both hands and jumped more than 30 meters.

Xinxian county held a series of mass cultural activities of "Folk culture creates the Spring Festival and enjoys the Lantern Festival". Dragon dance, lion dance, boating, flower picking, sedan chair, lanterns, gongs and drums, three-wall percussion, square dance, waist encouragement, shuffle dance, etc.

"Our Festival Lantern Festival Series Theme Cultural Activities" was held in Xiaoqiao Hutong, Pingqiao District, Xinyang City. The hutong is decorated with lanterns and colorful decorations, crowded with people, and full of strong flavor of the year.

Xinyang Yangshan New District "yunlong lake Jingshang Garden Lantern Festival in Yangshan Mountain" arrived as scheduled, with all the lights in full swing and colorful people visiting the park. Hanfu fans came here with lanterns and exquisite dresses to take pictures and punch in, all smiles. At the event site, Hanfu Garden, Lantern Festival, River Lantern Festival, solve riddles on the lanterns and other activities were brilliant.

Enjoy holiday lanterns

Watching lanterns is an ancient folk culture in China. Generally, activities are held during the Lantern Festival. Literally, it is regarded as an ornamental lantern. During the period of Shun Di in the Eastern Han Dynasty, Zhang Daoling, a native of Pei Guofeng, held a "Lantern Festival" ceremony in Hemingshan, Sichuan, which is the oldest known primitive Lantern Festival. During the Southern Dynasties, the custom of holding the traditional Lantern Festival appeared in Jiankang (now Nanjing), and its grand occasion was the highest in the country. Lantern Festival flourished in Tang Dynasty, Song Dynasty and Ming Dynasty.

Lantern Festival, also known as "Lantern Festival", is the most important activity on this day. Flower viewing lanterns, also known as colored lanterns, began in the Western Han Dynasty and flourished in the Sui and Tang Dynasties. In ancient times, on the fifteenth day of the first month, people would make exquisite and unique lanterns and hang them at their doorsteps. On the fifteenth night, colorful lanterns and the bright moon in the sky formed a beautiful scene. On this day, people will display all kinds of lanterns in the street after dark, and people will take to the streets to watch lanterns and feel the lively atmosphere.