CHINA-ANHUI-SHEXIAN-CULTURE-FISH-SHAPED LANTERN (CN)

CHINA-ANHUI-SHEXIAN-CULTURE-FISH-SHAPED LANTERN (CN)

(240206) -- SHEXIAN, Feb. 6, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Wang Yufang (L) instructs student Wang Luyue to make a fish-shaped lantern in Zhanqi Village of Shexian County, Huangshan City, east China's Anhui Province, Feb. 4, 2024. The parade with fish-shaped lanterns is an important folk cultural activity in Shexian County. Every year, in the first month of Chinese lunar calendar, it attracts tourists from all over the country. Born in 1996, Wang Yufang is an inheritor of fish-shaped lantern making skills, an intangible cultural heritage. Wang started to learn the skills from local villagers when he was 12 years old. Wang now runs a company selling fish-shaped lanterns and organizing related performances. He wishes to pass on the making skills of the lanterns, develop related cultural and creative products, and spread the culture of fish-shaped lanterns. (Xinhua/Zhang Duan)

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