The Grandest Chinese New Year Lantern Festival 2024~Ancient Capital of China|Nanjing Walk Tour 中国灯会

Nanjing is a very large city in China. It is also a famous historical and cultural city. It is one of the important birthplaces of Chinese civilization and the center of world classical civilization. It was the largest city in the world during the Ming Dynasty and has long been the political, economic and cultural center of southern China. Nanjing is the most famous ancient capital of the Six Dynasties in ancient China. It was also the capital of the Republic of China. It has more than 7,000 years of civilization, 3,000 years of city building, and more than 500 years of capital building. The China Qinhuai Lantern Festival is a folk cultural activity popular in the ancient capital of Nanjing. It is also known as the Jinling Lantern Festival and the Confucius Temple Lantern Festival. It is a national intangible cultural heritage. It has the reputation of "the best lantern festival in the world" and "the most colorful Qinhuai lantern festival in the world". It is the only one in China. It is a large-scale comprehensive lantern festival that integrates lantern exhibitions, lantern fairs and lantern markets It is also the folk lantern festival with the longest duration, the largest number of participants and the largest scale in China. The history of the Qinhuai Lantern Festival can be traced back to the Southern Dynasties. The custom of holding the traditional Lantern Festival appeared in Jiankang (now Nanjing), the capital of the country. Its grand event was the highest in the country and it was the earliest lantern festival in China. It developed rapidly in the Tang Dynasty and reached its peak in the Ming Dynasty. Nanjing was the ancient capital of six dynasties and the city of ten dynasties. As an important folk activity, the Qinhuai Lantern Festival has always been a social and cultural event for people of all ages to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new, pray for good luck, and be festive and lively. Qinhuai culture is the representative of the ancient Jinling civilization, and the Qinhuai Lantern Festival is an important carrier of inheriting the excellent traditional culture of Qinhuai.

Channel: 阿为逛世界Wei's Travel

Views: 17,034

Keywords: china, new year, lunar, dragon, nanjing, spring festival, light show, lantern festival, walk, tour, ancient capital, 中国, 新年, 春节, 龙年, 灯会, 南京, 古都, 城市, 漫步, 夜景, shopping, 灯光秀, 秦淮

Id: yiswG04pIy0

Length: 124min 20sec (7460 seconds)

Published: Sat Feb 10 2024