Baotu Spring Lantern Festival

The Baotu Spring Lantern Festival is a traditional folk cultural event held annually in Jinan, Shandong Province. As a traditional lantern festival, the Baotu Spring Lantern Festival has a long history. Every year on the Lantern Festival, the roofs, trees, water, and houses of Baotu Spring are lit up with lanterns, including dragon lanterns, lion lanterns, and crab lanterns. There is a saying in Jinan that "if you don't see the lanterns at Baotu Spring, it's not the New Year." The Baotu Spring Lantern Festival is a traditional folk culture event held annually in Jinan. It begins on the first day of the lunar new year. The Baotu Spring Lantern Festival has a long history. Since Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty designated the 15th day of the first lunar month as the Lantern Festival, Jinan's Baotu Spring has had the custom of lighting lanterns on the Lantern Festival. For thousands of years, every year on the Lantern Festival, the roofs, trees, water, and houses of Baotu Spring are lit up with lanterns, including dragon lanterns, lion lanterns, and crab lanterns. At the same time, there are also folk art performances. There is a saying in Jinan that "if you don't see the lanterns at Baotu Spring, it's not the New Year."