East China village holds lantern show featuring Chinese zodiac animals

STORY: East China village holds lantern show featuring Chinese zodiac animals SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 24, 2024 DATELINE: Feb. 25, 2024 LENGTH: 00:00:49 LOCATION: HEFEI, China CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the lantern parade 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): HE JIXING, City-level intangible cultural heritage inheritor in Anhui STORYLINE: A lantern show featuring Chinese zodiac animals was held on Saturday in Hongcun Village, east China's Anhui Province, to celebrate the Lantern Festival. The 12 Chinese zodiac animals are the rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, sheep or goat, monkey, rooster, dog and pig. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): HE JIXING, City-level intangible cultural heritage inheritor in Anhui "The Lantern Festival celebrations in Hongcun have a history of hundreds of years. To celebrate the festival this year, we've designed a group of lanterns featuring the 12 Chinese zodiac animals to light up the night sky in the countryside."| The Lantern Festival falls on the 15th day of the first month o