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Lantern Festival photography

Lantern Festival photography works include Tongliang Dragon Lantern Festival, Gannan Hakka Lantern Festival, cooking miscellaneous diseases on the 16th day of the first month, Hakka Lantern Festival activities, dragon dance Lantern Festival, iron ball lantern festival and so on.

1, "Tongliang fire dragon makes Yuanxiao"

Photographed by photographer Hu, he won the Festival Record Award of the 9th International Folk Photography "Human Contribution Award" annual competition. The dragon of Tongliang needs the courage of the dragon dancers, and its climax is to melt iron into molten iron through certain skills and sprinkle it on the dragon dancers and dragons.

2. Gannan Hakka Lantern Festival

Photographer Liu Nianhai (the master of China Folk Photography Association) took pictures and won the festival activity record award in the 9th International Folk Photography "Human Contribution Award" annual competition. Hakka bridge lanterns, descendants dragons, brothers dragons, lanterns and dragon lanterns are used in different ceremonies and activities, showing different styles.

3. "Roasting miscellaneous diseases on the 16th day of the first month"

Photographer Cui, who recorded life customs, won the 10 annual international folk photography "human contribution award" competition. Say goodbye to the old and welcome the new with "roasting miscellaneous diseases" and pray for prosperity, rich financial resources, peace and happiness. It is said that baking can cure all diseases, and you have to find someone else to bake more.

4. Hakka Lantern Festival activities

At the junction of Guangdong, Fujian and Jiangxi provinces, there are many Han people in the Central Plains who moved south. They call themselves Hakkas and stubbornly retain ancient traditional customs. Whether it is the departure of Luo Fang, the robbing of the God of Wealth by the salt stove or the addition of Ding Bao on the stone, it is the best embodiment of Dunmu's relatives in the Lantern Festival.

5. "Dance the dragon to make Yuanxiao"

As early as the sixth year of the reign of Emperor Qianlong (A.D. 174 1), there was a dragon dance in Puzhai, praying for good weather, prosperity of all trades and crops, and now it has become a custom to welcome the New Year.