Where can I find a light show in Taiyuan 2023?

There will be a light show in Taiyuan Ancient County in 2023.

The 2023 "Shengshi Lantern" New Year Lantern Show in Taiyuan Ancient County will be held from January 20 to February 6. This New Year lantern exhibition is divided into four major theme sections: "Thousand-year City, Dreaming of Jinyang", "Return of the Jade Rabbit, Dreaming of the East", "Joyful Gathering at Twelve Hours" and "Time Mark, Celebrating Together".

The overall series creates a "plot progress bar", uses "lanterns" to interpret "Splendid Taiyuan", and creates a panoramic immersive experiential lantern show with clear priorities, both story integrity and coherence, and cultural differences. Point display mode.

During the light show, the West Plaza of Taiyuan Ancient County will focus on leisure and entertainment and Internet celebrity check-in to meet the needs of young people and families for parent-child play. It will focus on creating experiences such as ice and snow park, Internet celebrity entertainment, and international circus. project.

The origin of Taiyuan Ancient County New Year Lantern Festival:

The Taiyuan Ancient County New Year Lantern Festival has a long history and distinctive features. The custom of lighting lanterns during the New Year has been here since the Tang Dynasty. In the Qing Dynasty, there were "Lion Lantern Market" and "Lantern Festival". By the beginning of the 20th century, festive lantern parties gradually formed, and there were also sky lanterns, Dragon dance, lion lantern show, lantern show and other activities. As a result, it has developed into a festival that integrates regional folk customs and is famous throughout the country. ?

According to historical records, during the Tang and Song Dynasties, the Taiyuan area gradually formed the custom of lighting lanterns during the New Year and displaying lanterns before and after the Lantern Festival. In the Taiyuan area during the Tang and Song Dynasties, when lanterns were released and burned during the New Year and Lantern Festival, folk acrobatics, juggling and other performances also took place, which were deeply loved by people watching the lanterns.

In the second year of Chunxi in the Southern Song Dynasty, the famous patriotic poet Lu You once wrote in his poem "Qinyuanchun": "As soon as I say goodbye to the Qin Tower, the New Year is in the blink of an eye, and the lanterns are close again." It can be seen that At that time, lighting up and releasing lanterns during the New Year had become a customary folk activity in Shanxi. Of course, this is different from the lantern festival formed from birth. Therefore, the Tang and Song Dynasties should be the budding period or initial stage of the Taiyuan Lantern Festival.

Reference for the above content: Taiyuan Culture and Tourism Bureau-Taiyuan Ancient County Spring Festival event will be held from January 20 to February 6