Xiashi Lantern Festival [Zhejiang Haining Specialty]

What is Xiashi Lantern Festival? Authentic Haining Zhejiang specialty: Xiashi Lantern

Content summary:Do you want to know what Xiashi Lantern is? This article is a specialized article that provides a detailed introduction to the local specialty of Haining, Zhejiang Province - Xiashi Lantern Festival. It was compiled and edited by the editorial team of China Specialty Network, who reviewed and collected relevant information on Xiashi Lantern Festival. The entire article takes about 9 minutes to read, mainly including the basic introduction of Xiashi Lantern Festival

Basic Introduction to Xiashi Lantern Festival

"Xiashi Lantern Festival" is a unique folk art form in Haining, originating from the Qin Dynasty and flourishing during the Tang and Song Dynasties. The "Lantern Festival" and "Lantern Exhibition" that accompanied the "Xiashi Lantern Festival" have been popular among the people since the Southern Song Dynasty

"Jiumo Liandeng Ying, Qianmen Gongyue Huahai". The folk Yuanxiao (Filled round balls made of glutinous rice-flour for Lantern Festival) Lantern Festival in Xiashi Town, Haining, is known as the "No.1 Lantern Festival in the South of the Yangtze River" for its fine workmanship and the grand occasion of welcoming the lanterns at night. It is the 13th day of the third lunar month

The craftsmanship of "Xiashi Lantern Colors" is unique, and its production is mainly known for the "Eight Character Techniques" of bending, tying, knotting, mounting, carving, painting, needling, and pasting. It is particularly famous for its intricate and beautiful needle punched patterns. The production is exquisite, delicate and beautiful, and delicate and transparent. After thousands of years of tempering, it has become a traditional handicraft that integrates various arts such as sound, light, electricity, architecture, calligraphy, seal script, and painting

Xiashi, in ancient times, was the county seat of Changshui, Youquan, Jiaxing, Yanguan and other counties. After the county seat was moved south in the sixth year of Yonghui in the Tang Dynasty, it was renamed "Xiashi" after "Shuangshan Jiashui". It is the most prosperous county town in northern Zhejiang, with a prosperous economy and culture. Since the Qin and Han dynasties, people have been enjoying making lanterns and taking pride in producing high-quality products. Regardless of its shape or style, it cannot be compared to lanterns from other places! Since ancient times, there has never been a "lantern market" in Xiashi for the purpose of buying and selling, nor have there been professional artists who make a living by making lanterns. These "lantern artists" come from the owners and shopkeepers of silk, earth cloth, medicinal herbs, rice industry, sock industry and other businesses, as well as doctors, painters, teachers and craftsmen, as well as elderly people living in households, women, etc. Among them, there are many "lantern families" that have been passed down from generation to generation and have flourished. The Kip Shek Lantern Festival has never been repeated. Xu Baohan's poem "Xiachuan Lantern Market" goes: "The Purple Xiachuan Lantern Festival has no fixed time, once every ten years in spring in March. During the Qingming Festival and Grain Rain in March. Zhang Zongxiang (1882-1965), a famous scholar and scholar in modern times, wrote the article "Ji Deng" in his posthumous work "Records of Tieruyi Pavilion - Xias' Trivia", which also said: "Xias are famous for lanterns. The lanterns are not in the Lantern Festival, but at the turn of February and March. They are not hung in the city, and they are not built into mountains. The small ones hold their hands, hang their poles, and the large ones are several people's shoulders. On Monday, the city is commonly known as" Ying Deng ". The lanterns are not always there, they are not always there, they are not always there; they are always there; they are always there, they are always the same." So since ancient times, most of Xiashi Lantern Fairs have been held during the Qingming Festival The festival was held before and after the festival to pay homage to the gods of the country, the Great Yu and the First Emperor of Qin. It has nothing to do with the "Yuanxiao (Filled round balls made of glutinous rice-flour for Lantern Festival) Lantern Festival" that is popular all over the country. Therefore, the Xiashi Lantern Festival did not originate from the court, but from the people, It is imaginable that it will have such a significant impact on the whole country and even the world