The tradition of appreciating beautiful lanterns during Spring Festival celebrations

The tradition of appreciating beautiful lanterns during Spring Festival celebrations has kept China’s lantern workshops busy in the last lunar month in the run-up to the Year of the Snake.

In Zhangzhou City of east China’s Fujian Province, a special lantern show was staged on Friday night. A 100-meter-long golden snake-shaped boat made with 2,025 lanterns sailed on the river, stopping residents and tourists passing by to watch and pray.

Meanwhile, a flyboard rider in gorgeous clothing presented a fire pot performance, a national-level intangible cultural heritage, illuminating the river with sparks. In Hejin City of north China’s Shanxi Province, more than 20 craftspeople at a cultural center are busy making rotating lanterns, a national-level intangible cultural heritage.