Qinhuai Lantern Fair
qinhuai lantern fair also known jinling lantern fair jinling lantern festival officially named lantern fair qinhuai river popular folk custom celebration lantern festival nanjing area modern usage refers largescale fair held yearly confucius temple nanjing spring festival lantern festival fair held date one famous celebration lantern festival china day lantern festival fair reach climax old nanjing saying don’t see new year lantern confucius temple celebrated new year go confucius temple don’t buy lantern haven’t celebrated new year properly demonstrates popularity fair june fair named one intangible cultural heritage china government people republic china origin fair traced back eastern wu time act hanging lantern used festival celebration army returned triumph government official civilian would gather hang lantern around city welcome home back embroidery technique passed eastern wu shu han stimulated growth textile industry region provided basis lantern manufacturing nanjing jinling capital eastern jin southern dynasty many noble member gentry lived bank qinhuai river lantern festival came people would hang lantern decoration mimicking palace reign emperor xiaowu liu song development paper technology resulted low price paper made replacement many textile contributed development colored lantern sui hanging lantern lantern festival became tradition tang dynasty lantern fair lantern festival became regular practice time saw increase scale festival well number day one day lantern festival three day fourteenth sixteenth first month lunar calendar curfew restriction relaxed day festival fancy many professional lantern artisan set shop bank qinhuai river northern song dynasty number night hanging lantern increased total five adding seventeenth eighteenth first month tradition writing lantern riddle lantern also formed thirteenth first month also added festival increased duration six night establishing ming dynasty hongwu emperor made nanjing capital create ambiance prosperity actively supported holding lantern festival afterward duration festival increased ten night making longest lantern festival chinese history every year hongwu emperor spent large amount money material manpower order produce substantial number lantern draw people lantern fair manchu people entered china proper established qing dynasty continued developed local tradition classic dream red chamber describes bustling view lantern every year lantern festival horde people gathered vicinity confucius temple gong drum making earpiercing noise liveliness surpassed even celebration ming dynasty xiang army sieged took nanking destroying much infrastructure process greatly hampered tradition lantern festival nanking tseng kuofan attempted celebration reach former glory dredging qinhuai river rebuilding confucius temple effort brought recovery tradition time businessmen huizhou enjoyed fame lantern making soldier xiang army encamped nanking time also adapt making lantern also contributed wide variety lantern republic china era area around confucius temple known lantern market however owing perennial civil warfare lantern fair frequently suffered invading imperial japanese army occupied nanking causing great damage confucius temple lantern fair suspended due warfare small number lantern merchant would occasionally vicinity confucius temple due hyperinflation caused chinese civil war regular civilian ability put celebration tradition lantern fair nearly disappeared establishment people republic china fair began revived slowly fair less reached former scale start cultural revolution folk art traditional lantern seen part four old thus lantern market fair became prohibited lantern market around confucius temple opened first time cultural revolution government appropriated fund repair confucius temple well surrounding landscape government qinhuai district nanjing started holding officially sponsored fair spring festival lantern festival time around confucius temple qinhuai lantern craft association formed many civilian craftsman started making lantern modern technique museum lantern art built confucius temple brought appearance largescale set lantern fair production qinhuai lantern integrates traditional chinese handicraft weaving painting calligraphy paper cutting shadow puppetry embroidery sculpture far production material concerned material making skeleton mainly bamboo tree rattan wheat straw animal horn metal among others material make light source vary use pine resin animal vegetable oil lacquer paraffin kerosene fuel bamboo grass cotton core etc wick use electric light source surface translucent material also developed development time including various color translucent paper silk veil painting yarn cotton well synthetic silk forging plastic film special glass production process integrated series process technique production method carpentry lacquer painting carving clay sculpture knotting mounting paste welding mechanical transmission sound light sound electronic program control etc historical point view traditional single lamp lotus lamp lion lamp rabbit lamp goldfish lamp toad lamp yuanbao lamp variety combination light large flower lantern progress time including oceangoing ship carrier rocket reflect urban construction mountain landscape various light category reached kind addition display illumination qinhuai lantern festival also includes folk culture art category nanjing nanjing papercutting empty bamboo knot carving shadow puppetry animal dance song trembling stilt walking etc since fuzi temple scenic area worked largescale transformation upgrading inner outer qinhuai river water system integrated opening new qinhuai river cruise route qinhuai lantern fair introduced largescale lantern zigong sichuan province first time lightcolored art mainly held cooperation taiwan tourism agency name jiangsu lantern festival taiwan lantern displayed sent participate chiayi lantern festival lantern exchange activity first time first ming wall international light festival named invited united state japan korea singapore malaysia foreign lantern participate exhibition lantern festival qinhuai lantern fair set record tourist visited