Shexian Fish Lantern, a folk art treasure passed down for hundreds of years!

Let's go! Go to Shexian to see the fish lanterns🏮🏃‍♀️ 🏮Wangmantian Fish Lantern🏮 🏮✨A folk intangible cultural heritage in Wangmantian Village, Xitou Town, Shexian County, Anhui Province, with a history of more than 600 years. Every year from the 13th to the 16th day of the first lunar month, people carry fish lanterns around the village, which is called "playing with fish" by the locals. This is to pray for abundance and prosperity.🦢 🏮✨Ancient legend 🐠🐟"Fish" symbolizes life and prosperity, and fish lanterns are the storytellers of these symbols. In Shexian, this ancient and mysterious land, the intangible cultural heritage fish lanterns dance to the beat of time, telling one ancient story after another... 🏮✨Wangmantian Fish Lantern originated in the early years of Guangxu in the Qing Dynasty, and the fish lantern festival was held to prevent fires. The fish lanterns are made of bamboo and paper, painted with fish scales, and the word "king" is written on the forehead. The large ones are about 7 meters long and 3 meters high, divided into three sections, with more than 100 candles inside, and a fire-breathing device in the fish's mouth. Each lantern needs more than 20 people to carry it around the street. The small ones are less than one meter long, with several candles. 🏮✨Fish lanterns shine, mountains and rivers resonate At night, in the ancient city of Huizhou, fish lanterns hang on the street lamps on both sides of the street, and vendors in ancient costumes pull carts full of fish lanterns, shouting one after another; in the coffee shop on the city wall, Huizhou opera actors are performing on stage, with red fish lanterns hanging above their heads... . 🔸Main attractions🔸 ✅Huizhou Prefecture Government Office✅Tao Xingzhi Memorial Hall✅Doushan Street✅Hui Garden ✅Nanchao Tower✅Taibai Tower✅Xin'an Stele Garden✅Yuliang Dam 🥗Food recommendations🥗 Hui-style braised pork ribs: The sauce is slightly sweet, loved by women and children. Jixi fried vermicelli: Sweet potato vermicelli is translucent and chewy, with a rich and wonderful flavor. Huizhou flatbread: Eaten with pickled radish, it has a strong and rich rustic flavor. Huizhou rice cake: Soft, glutinous, and fragrant, each rice cake contains a beautiful meaning. Intangible cultural heritage Yuting cake: A specialty of Yuting, an ancient town in Shexian, it is a long-standing specialty food. ┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈