There are other events in the city as well.
The following is an excerpt from the Shenyang Evening News.
February 21 (the 15th day of the first month of the lunar calendar) is the Lantern Festival, a traditional Chinese festival. On this day every year, people watch the lanterns, riddles, eat Lantern Festival, family reunion, happy. This year, the relevant departments in Shenyang to the public arranged a colorful activities, come on, everyone together "haunted" Lantern Festival!
A Expo Park to see the lanterns
"East wind night flowers, colorful lanterns to welcome the spring Expo Park". On the 15th of the first month, the public can go to the Shenyang Expo Park to view the 2008 China Shenyang Spring Lantern Festival, a number of travel agencies also specializing in the Lantern Festival Lantern Festival special line.
According to reports, the lanterns **** designed a very representative of the eight thematic series of colored lights. Respectively: Beijing Olympic Games, the Year of the Rat, World Heritage, Beijing Opera face, fairy tale Kingdom, Shenyang landmarks, traditional lanterns, calligraphy art series. The exhibition line is 3400 meters long, the number of lanterns more than 3,000 lanterns, lanterns category reached more than 80, including the symbol of the colorful lanterns "Chinese dragon", lamp height of 32 meters, for the world's first high dragon lamp.
The Expo Park will also hold a variety of colorful activities, including duet, folk acrobatics and other performances; guessing lantern riddles and other interactive games; lantern riddles collection Grand Prix, lantern-themed photography contest and other competitions.
The price of admission to the lantern festival is the same as last year, unchanged at 20 yuan. Active-duty military personnel, senior citizens and the disabled will enjoy free admission.
Currently there are three bus lines to the Expo Park, respectively, from Shenyang North Railway Station to Xiu Hu Square 168 Road, from Ma Ma Wan to Xiu Hu Square, 168 Road branch, Xiaojinqiao to Xiawazi original 4305 Road small bus transformation of the 385 Road, these three bus routes pass through the Expo Park. Lantern Lantern Festival on the 15th of the first month of the bus operation program, has not yet been finalized.
Reporter Qi Xiaotang Gao Wei Wu Yan Yan
B City Temple Guessing Lantern Riddles
During the Spring Festival, the Imperial Temple and the Center Temple - Auspicious Temple have launched Lantern Riddles one after another. On the 15th day of the first month, people can continue to catch the temple fair and guess riddles, with a colorful riddle sheet waiting for people to crack the mystery.
The temple fair will end at noon on the 15th day of the first month. This year, the performances on the center stage of the Imperial Temple Fair are especially popular. Every day at noon, heard the gongs and drums suona sound, the public will hula a surrounded up, enjoy watching the program, men and women, young and old smiling. The temple will be staged in the program both folk art groups of self-entertainment, there are professional groups of songs and dances; both Guandong style full of folklore show, there is a strong modern flavor of the fashion competition.
In addition to earning a lively, but also to earn money, the temple fair on the large and small businesses to make every effort to recruit business. This year is the Year of the Rat, blowing candy, candy paintings, pinch clay figures of the craftsmen have been dipped in the light of the rat, but the rat shape is very popular with children's favorites. Three or five dollars a, each craftsmen a day to sell at least hundreds of works, excluding more than ten days to thousands of dollars in expenses, the income is not bad. Snack Street is always the most popular place, the number of meat skewers sold fire, Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia, Sichuan, business is quite red-hot, the best booth more than ten days cost is 4,000 yuan, business income can reach tens of thousands of dollars. Temple fair organizers introduced, each temple fair location to the side of the corner of the snack stalls are very sought-after, come late at all to grab.
New Year's Day when the opening of the Jade City also took the opportunity to fire a, agate, jadeite, amber, crystal and other jade products, sales increased greatly, many people customized on-site waist chain, cell phone chains, necklaces, car pendants, knotting masters busy.
Noon on the first day of the month of January 15, the merchants will be the most substantial concessions and promotions, handicrafts, souvenirs, snacks, daily necessities and other commodities will be very low prices. At the same time, pulling the foreign piece, pulling the foreign car, the Qing soldiers parade, Manchu wedding and other folkloric exhibitions will also continue until noon on the day. In addition, the fair will have a variety of brands of yuanxiao on the market, and there will be stalls selling boiled dumplings and deep-fried yuanxiao on Snack Street.
By Qi Xiaotang Gao Xiaohong
C Fireworks in Four Suburbs
On the night of the 15th day of the first lunar month, Xinmin City will hold a "Harmonious Homeland, Colorful" party in Huguang Park, with a number of performances rich in folk culture, including dragon lantern dances, dry boats and other traditional folk programs that will allow people to continue to experience a strong taste of the Chinese New Year. continue to experience the strong flavor of the year.
Liaozhong County's "colorful" large-scale fireworks display will be held at 18:30 on the 15th day of the first month. In the near sea oasis park lake island plaza to set off the B class high altitude fireworks 600, the county town units and departments will also be set off at the same time in the low altitude fireworks.
Faku County and Kangping County will also hold various fireworks displays. By then, the fire trees and silver flowers rising up in the air in sequence will make the night of Shenyang Lantern Festival more charming.
The reporter Qi Xiaotang
D Quanyuan Square twisted rice-planting song
The first month of the 15th, Dongling District Quanyuan Square will be held in a rice-planting song competition, rice-planting song enthusiasts in various communities will be dedicated to the people of a lively "cultural feast".
At 9:00 on the same day, Liaoyang County will also select the county's 10 boutique rice-planting team (health team), in the government road "stilt rice-planting Lantern Festival" boutique rice-planting big show activities. Reporter Qi Xiaotang
E 20 streets hanging lanterns
During the Lantern Festival, Youth Street, Beiling Street and other 20 key streets along the Friendship Hotel, Municipal Government Plaza, Culture Road overpass and other four important nodes, the total **** will be hung more than 10,000 large red lanterns. In addition, the City Hall Square green trees, will also hang on the colorful "LED" energy-saving lights and red lanterns.
During the Spring Festival, South Lake Park has been hosting the Spring Lantern Flower Show. More than 1,000 varieties and 100,000 flowers from home and abroad are on display here, so interested citizens may want to go there to take a look. In addition to hanging cymbidium orchids, "lucky beads" and other valuable varieties, the flower show has also introduced new Dutch alpine azalea, dendrobium orchids produced in Taiwan and other rare varieties.