2019 Shaanxi Ancient Town New Year Event Lantern Festival + Temple Fair

How come the Spring Festival is over in a blink of an eye! I want to say that I once had a vacation in front of me, but I did not cherish it. I only thought about playing with my mobile phone at home. If I was given another chance, I would like to go to the ancient town of Shaanxi to watch the lantern festival. The quaint ancient towns, where the green bricks and tiles are all covered in red makeup during the Spring Festival, I have specially sorted out the New Year flavor ancient towns in Shaanxi for you to see what activities there are! 1. Qingmuchuan Ancient Town

Qingmuchuan Ancient Town is a small town in Ningqiang County, Hanzhong City, Shaanxi Province. It is located at the junction of Shaanxi, Gansu and Sichuan, connecting Qingchuan County of Sichuan Province to the west and Wudu County of Gansu Province to the north. , Kang County, known as "three provinces with one foot".

For the 2019 Spring Festival, Qingmuchuan Ancient Town has prepared a series of New Year activities.

01

Qingmuchuan New Year International Food Festival

Time: February 2nd - February 19th

Location: Qingmuchuan Xinjie

Content: This food festival will invite domestic and foreign gourmets to make on-site productions. All kinds of delicacies from all over the world will be gathered together, including coconuts from Hainan, skewers from Xinjiang, and jelly from Chengdu, all in one place. Service, let your taste buds be immersed in the deliciousness of the New Year~

02

Qingmuchuan Special Futang Damaba Banquet

Time: February 2 -February 19

Location: The middle section of Qingmuchuan New Street

Content: A Tang Dynasty banquet, incorporating not only the story of Wei Fu Tang, the history of Qingmuchuan, and ordinary people’s farmhouses Life, and the taste of childhood that is getting farther and farther away

03

Qingmuchuan New Year Light Show

Time: February 2nd - February 19th Day

Venue: Jinxi Garden

Content: The light show combines traditional folk customs with Qiang elements, using exaggerated and anthropomorphic modeling techniques, combined with modern LED materials, to highlight the local culture of Qingmuchuan. It is a lantern festival with Qiang cultural characteristics!

04

Special performances of famous folk customs

Time: February 6th - February 19th

Location: Qingmuchuan New and Old Street

Content: Folk wedding display (welcome team carrying sedan chair, playing suona, crossing brazier, riding saddle, worshiping hall), dragon and lion dance, old street scene Drama performances, etc.

In addition, there are also a number of exciting activities such as Nuo opera stunt performances, historical stage plays, New Year entertainment activities, Qiang nationality sirloin party, etc. 2. Manchuan Ancient Town

Manchuan Ancient Town is located 74 kilometers southeast of Shanyang County, straddling Shaanxi and Hubei provinces. It is the first town in the southeast of Shaanxi and is named for its vast landforms and wide waters. The allusions of "connecting with Qin and Jin in the north and Wu and Chu in the south" and "facing Qin and late Chu" originated from this place.

From January 28th to February 19th, Manchuan Ancient Town lights up lights and hangs lanterns. When you walk into the resort, you will be greeted by dim lights and bright stars.

On February 12, Manchuan Ancient Town will build an ancient town that never sleeps during the Spring Festival. Tourists can participate in temple fairs and other blessing activities on their own, experience local folk customs, and welcome the Spring Festival for themselves and their families.

From February 10th to February 19th, Manchuan Ancient Town held cultural performances of Manchuan Major, Qin Opera, and Han Opera in Shuangxilou. On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, a Lantern Festival Lantern Riddle Party is held, bringing a cultural and artistic feast.

From February 6th to February 9th, Manchuan Ancient Town will host special folk performances. Throw hydrangeas and carry sedan chairs to experience folk weddings; rowing land boats and dancing squares to experience the cultural life of Manchuan people. 3. Chenlu Ancient Town

When you walk into Chenlu, the walls here are all made of ceramic "can jar" walls. Winding up the path, it looks like oil paintings unfolding in front of you.

If you come to Chenlu, you can go to the pottery workshop and make various pottery by yourself and experience the fun of handcrafting.

The time tunnel in Chenlu Ancient Town will take you back to more than a thousand years ago and understand the state of mind of ancient ceramic artists.

In late February, Chenlu Ancient Town Folk Square will hold a spring festival to the kiln god. There will be exciting activities such as social fire, yangko, walking horses, land boats, gongs and drums, and a must-try delicacy: sour soup_ _, salty soup noodles, splash noodles, etc., are waiting for you~ 4. Zhuge Ancient Town

Zhuge Ancient Town truly restores the life story of Zhuge Liang. A water street and a dry street symbolize the yin and yang in the Eight Diagrams. , and there are five cultural theme blocks in Taishan County, Xiangyang County, Bashu County, Nanzhong County and Guanzhong County, where you can fully experience the culture of the Three Kingdoms.

From February 5th to February 10th, there will be activities such as "New Year's Eve in the Golden Age of Dragons", "New Year's Parade of Heroes of the Three Kingdoms" and "Bronze Figure Exhibition of Figures of the Three Kingdoms" in the Zhuge Ancient Town Park; Zhuge Lake has " Three Kingdoms stunts to celebrate the New Year (Darvazi)" activity. 5. Fenghuang Ancient Town

Fenghuang Ancient Town is simple and natural, with no deliberate artificial carvings. It completely retains the original appearance of hundreds of years ago, with narrow streets, bluestone paved roads, and old old houses along both sides of the street. It seems to be telling the history and glory of this place.

From February 16th to February 20th, Fenghuang Ancient Town will hold a Spring Festival social fire performance and organize folk performances such as lion dance, stilt walking, and Yangko dancing. 6. Baoguo Ancient Town

Baoguo Ancient Town is located in Baohe River, Hanzhong, 15 kilometers away from the urban area and 40 minutes away from Hanzhong Airport. It is close to Shitian, Babao, two expressways, and 316 National Highway runs through the town. It is the south The only place you must pass on your way to the north.

January 26th - February 20th

Baoguo Ancient Town will hold a large-scale New Year Lantern Festival event. Zigong lanterns from "the best lantern in the world" will illuminate the entire Hanzhong. 7. Tilting Ancient Town

Tilting Ancient Town is an ancient post town on the Sichuan-Chu Ancient Road. The ancient town was built on the lava of the karst landform. Most of the existing ancient streets are buildings from the Ming and Qing Dynasties, especially the "Give Three Feet" The stilted building is unique in that it takes up more land and more sky.

Go to Shiquan Tiedu Town in southern Shaanxi to celebrate the New Year and experience the traditional New Year custom that has been passed down for thousands of years - the soup party.

Killing New Year pigs, offering sacrifices to the God of Bacchus, performing shadow puppets... Just like celebrating the New Year in childhood, it is authentic, especially the scene of welcoming the bride in a sedan chair, which adds a sense of joy to the ancient town. 8. Dihua Ancient Town

Dihua Ancient Town is located in Danfeng County, Shangluo, deep in the Qinling Mountains of Shaanxi Province. Since the Spring and Autumn Period, it has been a post station on the ancient Shang-Yu Road connecting north-south transportation. It is also the home of writer Jia Pingwa. home.

In Dihua Ancient Town, red lanterns hang high and are scattered on the eaves of the branches. Against the backdrop of the blue sky, the bright Chinese red brings a burst of warmth to the cold winter. At night, there are fireworks and bright lights. , adding a bit of new year flavor to the ancient town.

Dihua Ancient Town holds the "Song and Jin Street New Year Goods Street" event every year. The main activities include visiting the Song and Jin old streets, selling special New Year goods, watching folk customs, and tasting southern Shaanxi.

Here, you can play social games, sing operas, visit small towns, watch performances, and enjoy the flavor of the New Year!