On January 31st, the launching ceremony of "China Year Putian Lantern Festival" was held in Tadoushan Park Square, Fengting Town, Xianyou County, which kicked off the "carnival" of Putian Spring Festival Lantern Festival in January 2024.
Launching ceremony site. Cai Wei
It is understood that Putian Lantern Festival, the longest, hottest and hottest, has the legacy of Central Plains culture, and has been integrated into the production and life of Putian people, reflecting the heroic spirit of the war against Japan more than 460 years ago. From the third day of the first month to the second day of the second month, every village has a Lantern Festival, and there are programs every day. Every family goes into battle together, climbing knives and ladders, dancing exorcise dances, setting brown sedan chairs and striking iron flowers, with different winds in ten miles and one custom in one village.
In 2024, Putian Lantern Festival will launch 30 special Lantern Festival folk activities: there will be seven consecutive performances of playing iron flowers in Shouxi Park, five consecutive days of Xianyou Fengting Lantern Tour, and seven consecutive days of Meizhou Island Mazu Golden Body Tour. It is rich in content, diverse in forms and unique. The specific location and schedule are as follows:
01. Tiehua in Shouxi Park
On the third day, fifth day, seventh day, ninth day, eleventh day, thirteenth day and fifteenth day of the first month, from 19:30 to 21:00 every day, you can make an appointment for on-site viewing free of charge, and each activity is limited to 15,000 people. You can also make an appointment to buy "water bus" tickets, which are limited to 160 tickets every day, and each ticket is 188 yuan, so that you can experience the close-up viewing of "Huoshuyinhua" on the water. Venue: Pebble Beach, Shouxi Park, Chengxiang District.
02. Ten thousand Jin of red oranges are sacrificed to Mei Fei.
Orange Tower: 4:00-15:00 on the third day of the first month, and the exhibition will last until the eighth day of the first month; General Lantern Festival in Jiangdong Village: the morning of the seventh day of the first month, location: Pukou Palace, Zhenjiang East Village, Huangshi, Licheng District.
03. Zaoli parade is full of fun.
Parade departure: 7: 00 am on the sixth day of the first month; Cruise back to the palace and perform: the afternoon of the eighth day of the first month; Venue: Linshan Palace, Linshan Village, Fengting Town, Xianyou County.
04. Thousands of bears and thousands of plates are full of fun.
12:00-14:30 on the seventh, ninth and tenth day of the first month, at Zhaoling Palace, Fangshan Village, Sanjiangkou Town, Hanjiang District.
05. Meizhou Mazu blessed the Lantern Festival with golden body.
Driving ceremony: 9:00 on the eighth day of the first month, Mazu Temple in Meizhou, Putian, bonfire party, brown sedan chair, light show and other performances; On the evening of the eighth day of the first month, location: Tian Fei’s hometown ruins park in Meizhou Island.
06. Shake the oars and have a Lantern Festival
Riverside sculling: 9: 30-11: 30 on the ninth day of the first month; Street wine: 14: 00-15: 30 on the ninth day of the first month; See the bride: 18:00-24:00 on the ninth day of the first month. Venue: Zhongyang House, Dacheng, Cucumber Island, Daitou Town, Xiuyu District.
07. Chenghuang cruise Lantern Festival
Parade departure: 9: 00 on the ninth day of the first month; Cruise back to the palace: 16:00 on the ninth day of the first month. Venue: Chenghuang Temple, Pinghai Community, Pinghai Town, Xiuyu District.
08. Super-large red group having Lantern Festival
Making red balls: 13: 00-17: 30 on the ninth day of the first month; Arrange spring scenery and vegetarian dishes: start at 15:00 on the tenth day of the first month; Exhibition time: the whole day of the tenth day. Venue: Xiaxu Shunji Temple, Handong East Road, Hanjiang District.
09. Meizhou Mazu Golden Body Tour Anbufu Lantern Festival
Driving ceremony: on the tenth day of the first month, Mazu Temple in Meizhou, Putian; Starting and returning: On the 14th night of the first month, the National Tourism Resort of Meizhou Island-Shangying Palace; Ceremony of returning to the throne: On the 14th night of the first month, Mazu Temple in Meizhou, Putian.
10. Bench dragon lantern Lantern Festival
From 19: 00 to 21: 00 on the 13th day of the first month, the Classical Arts and Crafts Expo City in Bangtou Town, Xianyou County.
11. 10,000 people have fun with lanterns.
For five consecutive days from the 13th to 17th of the first month, 10,000 people of national intangible cultural heritage will have a lantern tour, from 18: 00 to 22: 30 every day; The first Cai Xiang Cultural Tourism Festival in Cai Xiang South Street, Fengting Town, Xianyou County, launching ceremony: 18: 00-22: 00 on the fifteenth day of the first month; Fengting Bus Station, Lantern Boutique Exhibition, 19: 00-21: 00 on the 16th day of the first month, Tadoushan Park Square.
12. Put a brown sedan chair into the fire and have a Lantern Festival.
Parade departure: 14: 30 on the tenth day of the first month; Cruise back to the palace: 19: 00 on the fifteenth day of the first month; Swing a brown sedan chair into a fire: 20: 00-21: 00 on the fifteenth day of the first month; Anning Palace, Jiu Feng Village, Wutang Town, Hanjiang District.
13. Bite a porcelain bowl and have a Lantern Festival
Departure from the lantern tour: 19: 00 on the fifteenth day of the first month; Tour lanterns back to the palace and perform folk customs such as biting porcelain bowls: 22: 30 on the fifteenth day of the first month; Featured folk customs, such as biting porcelain bowls and stepping on fire, are exhibited in the Xinxing Palace in Zhuzhai, Fengting Town, Xianyou County from 15: 00 to 17: 00 on the 17th day of the first month.
14. Shangyuan prayed for blessings and worshipped Mazu for Lantern Festival.
From 19: 00 to 22: 30 on the fifteenth day of the first month, the ancestral temple mountain park of Tianhou Ancestral Temple in Xianliang Port on the north bank.
15. Make a Lantern Festival with a brown sedan chair
Cruise departure: 13: 00 on the fifteenth day of the first month; Cruise back: 17: 00 on the fifteenth day of the first month; Folk custom of "swinging a brown sedan chair": 18:00-20:00 on the fifteenth day of the first month, East picket temple in Nanmengou, Fenghuangshan Street, Chengxiang District.
16. The lantern festival is full of people.
Time: 16:00-23:00 on the fifteenth day of the first month, Jinsha Palace, Donghai Town, Chengxiang District.
17. Run torches and make fun of flowers.
Folk custom of "running torch": 2: 30 am on the 16th day of the first month; Panshi Palace, Huadong Village, Huangshi Town, Licheng District; Folk custom of "eating fireworks": at 22:00 on the 16th of the first month, Passion Square in Huadong Village, Huangshi Town, Licheng District.
18. Make a Lantern Festival by stacking cane towers.
Build a stack of cane towers and candle towers, and prepare a tribute banquet: from the 13th to 15th of the first month, and the exhibition time: from 8:00 to 24:00 on the 16th of the first month, at Yanning Palace, Luomutian Historical and Cultural Block, Hanjiang District.
19. parade on charcoal fire and have a lantern festival
Tribute cane tower exhibition: 18: 00 on the 16th day of the first month; Tour around the village: 19: 00 on the 16th day of the first month; Folk custom of "stepping on charcoal fire": From 20: 00 to 22: 00 on the 17th day of the first month, Guo Xianying Temple in Shuang Fu Village, Baitang Town, Hanjiang District.
20. Walking barefoot on fire to have a Lantern Festival
"barefoot on fire" folk performance, 13: 00-14: 00 on the seventeenth day of the first month; Lantern parade around the country, 19:00-20:00 on the 17th day of the first month, Park Square, Songdong Village, Wutang Town, Hanjiang District.
21. sedan chair rushes to the sea to have Lantern Festival.
The parade starts from Anle Society: 15: 00 on the 18th day of the first month; In Yanli and Aozi Beach, "sedan chair rushes to the sea": On the 18th day of the first month, from 15: 40 to 16: 40, Anle Society, Fuye Village, Nanri Town, Xiuyu District.
22. Climb the knife ladder and have a Lantern Festival
Patrol around the city: Folk performances such as climbing knives and ladders, jumping fire, etc. began at 09:30 on the 19th day of the first month, and from 11: 30 to 13: 00 on the 19th day of the first month, at the Chenghuang Temple of Puxi Ancient City, Shanting Town, Beian Economic Development Zone.
23. The Five Emperors paraded the Zaoli Road to have a Lantern Festival.
Folk performance of Zaoli dance: 10: 00 on the twentieth day of the first month; Five Emperors Parade: From 10: 30 to 18: 00 on the 20th day of the first month, the Five Emperors Ancestral Temple in Dongfen, Dongjin Village, Lingchuan Town, Chengxiang District.
24. Running barefoot with charcoal fire and having a Lantern Festival
From 19: 00 to 21: 00 on the 23rd of the first month, Lishan Temple in Zhenjiang Village, Baitang Town, Hanjiang District.
25. Play iron ball and step on charcoal fire to have a Lantern Festival
"Playing Iron Ball" parade: 13: 00-17: 00 on the 24th day of the first month; "Stepping on charcoal fire" performance: 18:00-21:00 on the 24th day of the first month, Wuxian Palace, Qiancun Village, Baitang Town, Hanjiang District.
26. Kick charcoal fire barefoot and have a Lantern Festival
From 20: 30 to 22: 30 on the 24th of the first month, Baitanghu Square, Shangwu Village, Baitang Town, Hanjiang District.
27. Step on the Lantern Festival in Ma Yingchun
Cruise departure: return at 12:00 and 15:30 on the 26th of the first month; Folk custom of "rushing flowers": 20:00-24:00 on the 26th of the first month, Lingzhen Palace, Yangwei Village, Baitang Town, Hanjiang District.
28. The tail lamp prayed for the Lantern Festival.
Lighting the "Fire Mother" ceremony: 9: 00 on the 29th of the first month; Candlelight dedication ceremony: 18: 00 on the 29th of the first month; Folk street activities: 19:30 on the 29th of the first month, Wenfeng Palace, Zhenhai Street, Licheng District.
29. Thousands of people rob bean balls to have a Lantern Festival
On the first day of February, from 10: 00 to 12: 00, Xi ‘an Zushe, Sihua Village, Longqiao Street, Chengxiang District.
30. Playing iron balls in a knife sedan chair for Lantern Festival.
Cruise departure: February 2 at 13: 00; Cruise back to the palace and concentrate on performing "playing iron ball": at 16:00 on the second day of February, Longxiantan, Xiajiangtou Village, Huangshi Town, Licheng District.