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Zigong Lantern Fair, Spring Festival, application for World heritage

On December 4, the Spring Festival was successfully applied for World heritage status. Among them, Zigong Lantern Fair participated in the declaration as a representative project of the Spring Festival.

"Spring Festival, on the first day of the first month in the Chinese lunar calendar, marks the beginning of a New Year. At this time, people will carry out a variety of social practice activities, the theme is to welcome the New Year... The festival activities include temple fairs, social fires and lantern fairs held by the community, which last until the 15th day of the first lunar month." In this application, the "Spring Festival" is introduced in this way.

Zigong Lantern Fair has emerged gradually since the Tang and Song dynasties. It has the characteristics of exquisite craftsmanship, rich selection of materials, grand scene, diverse culture and blending of lamps and scenery. Wan Songtao, representative inheritor of the municipal intangible heritage of Zigong Lantern traditional production process, introduced: "Zigong Lantern Fair carries the folk heritage of the Spring Festival family reunion and praying for blessings, which is an important part of the Spring Festival culture, reflecting the happy atmosphere of the Spring Festival and people's yearning for a better life."

According to reports, Zigong Lantern Festival with "light as the medium", widely exhibited at home and abroad, to the world to show the Chinese traditional skills and cultural connotation, enhance the influence of Chinese excellent traditional culture and identity, become one of the key reasons for Zigong Lantern Festival to help the success of the Spring Festival heritage application.

If tradition is the heritage of Zigong Lantern Fair, then innovation has injected inexhaustible vitality into Zigong Lantern Fair.

With the approaching of the first world "intangible cultural heritage" version of the Spring Festival, Zigong's New Year flavor is becoming stronger, and a lighting feast combining tradition and technology is about to open - The 2025 Spring Festival, Zigong will hold "Intangible cultural heritage to celebrate the New Year - Lighting China's Lights" national main venue activities and the 31st Zigong International Dinosaur Lantern Fair.

At this year's lantern fair, intangible cultural heritage elements will take on a new look.

We sincerely welcome friends from all over the world to Zigong to watch the Zigong Lantern Fair.