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East China village holds lantern show featuring Chinese zodiac animals

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STORY: East China village holds lantern show featuring Chinese zodiac animals
SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 24, 2024
DATELINE: Feb. 25, 2024
LENGTH: 00:00:49
LOCATION: HEFEI, China
CATEGORY: CULTURE

SHOTLIST:
1. various of the lantern parade
2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): HE JIXING, City-level intangible cultural heritage inheritor in Anhui

STORYLINE:

A lantern show featuring Chinese zodiac animals was held on Saturday in Hongcun Village, east China's Anhui Province, to celebrate the Lantern Festival. 

The 12 Chinese zodiac animals are the rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, sheep or goat, monkey, rooster, dog and pig.

SOUNDBITE (Chinese): HE JIXING, City-level intangible cultural heritage inheritor in Anhui 
"The Lantern Festival celebrations in Hongcun have a history of hundreds of years. To celebrate the festival this year, we've designed a group of lanterns featuring the 12 Chinese zodiac animals to light up the night sky in the countryside."|

The Lantern Festival falls on the 15th day of the first month of the Chinese lunar calendar. 

People usually hang colorful lanterns, play riddle games and express their wishes and hopes for the future.

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Hefei, China.
(XHTV)

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