Huangshan, May 19 (Xinhua) — For more than 600 years, local villagers in Xitou township, Shu county, in eastern China’s Anhui province, have had a tradition of making fish-shaped lanterns to pray for a good harvest and good fortune.
In recent years, Xitou Town has been working to expand new business forms while protecting its intangible cultural heritage. Fish-shaped lanterns of various sizes and materials are made, exhibited, demonstrated, and sold. Other businesses are also being developed, such as study tours with themes such as intangible cultural heritage, related cultural creations, and lantern-making experiences.
Tourists try their hand at making fish-shaped lanterns in the ancient capital of Huizhou, Shexian, Huangshan City, eastern China, on May 17, 2024 (Photo provided by Fan Chengzhu/Xinhua)On May 10, 2024, Wang Shengjuan, a prefecture-level intangible cultural heritage heir, makes a fish-shaped lantern at a workshop in Wangmantian village, Shu county, Huangshan city, eastern China’s Anhui province. (Xinhua/Fukuda)A child plays with a fish-shaped lantern at a lantern workshop in Wangmantian village, Shuxian township, Huangshan city, eastern China’s Anhui province, May 10, 2024. (Xinhua/Fukuda)Children play with fish-shaped lanterns at a lantern workshop in Wangmantian village, Shuxian township, Huangshan city, eastern China, on May 10, 2024. (Photo by Fan Chengzhu/Xinhua)Visitors choose fish-shaped lantern cultural and creative products in the ancient capital of Huizhou, Shexian, Huangshan, Anhui Province, eastern China, May 17, 2024 (Photo by Fan Chengzhu/Xinhua)Tourists try their hand at making fish-shaped lanterns in the ancient capital of Huizhou, Shexian, Huangshan City, eastern China, on May 17, 2024 (Photo provided by Fan Chengzhu/Xinhua)Tourists watch an Anhui opera at a fish-shaped lantern-themed cafe in the ancient capital of Huizhou, Shexian, Huangshan City, eastern China’s Anhui Province, May 9, 2024. (Xinhua/Fukuda)
