What are the customs of Dongchuan Spring Festival?

On the first day of New Year's Day, playing with dragons and dancing with lions. In Dongchuan Government Square, firecrackers rang and drums burst, and traditional folk programs such as lion dance, dragon dance, float, waist drum team, yangko team, fitness team and festive dolls attracted many citizens to watch, and the streets were crowded. The dragon dancing up and down expressed people's wishes for the New Year. The New Year performance won applause from the audience, and the whole area was filled with festive atmosphere. The dragon and lion performance team marched with cheerful steps, along the district government square, Gutong Road, Tailong Square, to the Diamond Year Square, and finally to the Xinqiao River intersection, happily sending blessings to the people of the whole region.

On the second day of the Lunar New Year, thousands of people come to Shifu Street and Baiyun Street to take part in garden activities, ranging from the elderly in their 90s to the children aged two or three. They choose their own programs and compete to participate in all kinds of fun games. What a lively and festive scene. It is understood that 76 party and government organs, enterprises, institutions and communities in Dongchuan carry out garden activities, and there are more than 400 programs such as solve riddles on the lanterns, kitten fishing and elephant touching for the blind.

In Sanyuan Palace Taoist Temple and Dongchuantang Square, a concert of Dong Jing was held. Classical music with a traditional history, carefully adapted modern folk music and red songs. The members of the orchestra are all elderly music lovers from all walks of life in the whole region. With sincere wishes to the people of the whole region, they gave high-standard and high-quality performances to the masses during the Spring Festival, and prayed for an auspicious New Year with sincerity and love.