Beijing Yanqing 2019 Lantern Festival Flower Fair was launched

On Feb 19, during the Chinese Lantern Festival, on the 1.8 km ring road around the square of convention center in Yanqing District, Beijing, Yanqing 2019 Lantern Festival Flower Fair was officially launched.

Caption: The hobbyhorse show at Yanqing 2019 Lantern Festival Flower Fair [Photo by Wang Ran]

The flower fair included intangible heritage shows such as Stone Buddha Temple Dragon Dance, Nanguan Village Hobbyhorse show, and Aiguanying Land Boat show. 

In addition, traditional folk activities including Yangko and drum dance were icing on the cake. Fiery sounds of drums and gongs elicited warm applause from the visitors.

Caption: The Yangko performers at the flower fair [Photo by Wang Ran]

The flower fair this year integrated the Expo and Winter Olympic characteristics into the performance. The flower fair celebrated the 2019 Lantern Festival and showed that people in Yanqing were looking forward to Beijing Expo 2019 and Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games.

Caption: Mascots of Beijing Expo 2019 at the flower fair [Photo by Wang Ran]

It is known that before the flower fair, the 15 villages and towns and three sub-districts in Yanqing, based on their own features, held various rehearsals from Feb 5 to 17 respectively. From Feb 5 to 10, all the villages, towns and sub-districts also introduced their best flower fair teams to Yanqing Ice and Snow Cultural Temple Fair for special performances.

Caption: 'Dream Comes True in Winter Olympics' roller skating team showed up at the flower fair [Photo by Wang Ran]

It is known that the Lantern Festival Flower Fair is an important part of the cultural events during the Spring Festival in Yanqing. The flower fair this year created a festive atmosphere and gave the local citizens and tourists a gift with Yanqing features during the Spring Festival.

Caption: Traditional drum dance [Photo by Wang Ran]