When will Xiushan Lantern Festival be held?

On May 20th, 2006, Xiushan Lantern in Xiushan Tujia and Miao Autonomous County of Chongqing was approved to be included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list. Such intangible cultural heritage embodies China's long history and culture and always shows the charm of China's traditional culture. So when did Xiushan Lantern mainly perform? Let's have a look!

During what period did Xiushan Lantern mainly perform?

Xiushan Lantern Festival starts from the second day of the first month and ends on the fifteenth day of the first month. After sixteen, it is called "thick-faced lantern". Xiushan Lantern Festival has a complete set of procedures, mainly including: setting up a lighting hall, turning on the lights (please turn on the lights), jumping the lights and returning the lights.

At Xiushan Lantern Festival, setting up a lantern hall is a performance activity with a strong sense of traditional ceremony. On the second day of the first month, the lantern class will set up a lantern hall to worship the gods of "Miss Jinhua" and "Yin Hua Ernian", and the lantern master will light incense sticks and burn paper money to worship the lantern god, praying and wishing the people who dance lanterns all the best, peace and good luck.

On the fifteenth night of the first month of each year, the Lantern Festival class will hold a farewell ceremony on the riverside dam to worship the gods and sing "send the lights". The master in charge of adjusting the lights will lead everyone to sing all the lights during the Spring Festival. Then burn lanterns and shrines, and put the clothes of the lantern jumpers on the fire to pray for the safety of the lantern jumpers for one year.

Xiushan Lantern is to pray for people to be safe and smooth in the new year during the Spring Festival of the year, so as to pray for heaven. Xiushan Lantern has become a heritage treasure of our people since its development, which deserves our admiration.