Red wood cards with Chinese blessing words, Confucius Temple in Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
Red wood cards with Chinese blessing words, Confucius Temple in Nanjing, Jiangsu, China (© lazy dragon/Shutterstock)
The Spring Festival
The Spring Festival is one of the most grand and distinctive traditional festivals in China. There are many customs during the Spring Festival, and the activities are also rich and colorful, and have important historical, artistic and cultural values. Among them, visiting temple fairs and viewing lantern festivals are one of the most distinctive folk activities during the Spring Festival.
Today's picture shows a red wooden plaque with the Chinese character "Fu" in the Confucius Temple in Nanjing. The Confucius Temple in Nanjing is one of the four major Confucian temples in China, one of the largest traditional ancient markets in China, and a famous open national 5A-level tourist attraction and international tourist resort in China. During the Spring Festival to the Lantern Festival every year, people not only come to the Confucius Temple to pray for blessings, but also come here to enjoy the lanterns and the painted boats.
The Nanjing Confucius Temple Lantern Festival is also known as the "Jinling Lantern Festival". It is a unique folk cultural activity popular in the Nanjing area. It existed as early as the Southern Dynasties, and its grandeur was the best in the country. Today, it is also the venue for an important folk cultural activity. For a long time, it has become an important part of Qinhuai culture. If you want to experience the culture of the Qinhuai area during the Spring Festival, you must come here.
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