The fire trees and silver flowers reflect the riverbank, and the flowing light is full of color, intoxicated by the golden city. During the 2026 Lantern Festival in the Year of the Horse, Lanzhou will present a Lantern Festival cultural feast with the theme of "The Yellow River is also beautiful". Lantern exhibitions, folk performances, intangible cultural heritage displays, lantern riddles and fireworks in the market complement each other, making the banks of the Yellow River full of light, and the streets and alleys are full of reunion songs, presenting a festival with both New Year's flavor, context and charm for citizens and tourists.

　　As night falls and the lights are on, Lanzhou Old Street and Xigu Jincheng Park turn into a sea of lights. Ten thousand lanterns are set up according to the scene, the theme lantern group of the Year of the Horse is flying, the traditional palace lamps are elegant and exquisite, the colorful light and shadow are blended with the ancient cornices and the night on the riverside, the galaxy is bright, and the lights are dim. Tourists stroll under the shadow of the lights, laughing, full of fire trees and silver flowers, and bowing their heads to the fireworks of the world, rendering the romance and festivity of the Lantern Festival to the fullest.

　　The red courtyard passes the torch, and the party history riddle moistens the original intention. The Memorial Hall of the Lanzhou Office of the Eighth Route Army launched the "How much do you know about the lantern riddles of the Lantern Festival in the Red Courtyard" at the two old sites of Jiuquan Road and Gannan Road, inviting citizens to visit the theme exhibition and guess the lantern riddles of party history to win prizes. In the courtyard with red lights hanging high, lantern riddles hide red memories, and citizens stop to think, guess and answer, and look back on the glorious years in traditional customs, so that the Lantern Festival has a thick red feeling.

　　In the streets and alleys of the city, there is a long queue in front of the time-honored Lantern Festival shops, and the soft and sweet Lantern Festival fragrance is wrapped in the hope of a happy reunion, which is also the most moving fireworks New Year's flavor in Lanzhou.

　　As the main position of civilization practice in the new era, the "Ruima Welcomes the Festival, Civilization Run Ten Thousand Homes" activity in Wuquanshan Park is a good show: the fish lantern dance is agile, like a dragon playing in the water; The lion dance performance is magnificent, showing its spirit during the leaping and flipping; The afterglow of the choir is lingering and melodious. Intangible cultural heritage skills such as carving gourds, painting sugar, and paper-cutting were unveiled on the same stage, and the inheritors' fingertips made perfect, ingenuity was inherited, and folk customs and intangible cultural heritage complemented each other, becoming the best window to touch the cultural roots of Jincheng.

　　From the ancient riverside street with bright lights, to the deep red old site; From the fireworks-filled alleys to the lively parks and squares, Lanzhou integrates the beauty of the Yellow River, the charm of folklore and the soul of culture with multi-point flowering festivals. the light is the warmth of reunion; In the laughter is the vitality of the city. This Lantern Festival cultural feast not only lights up the intoxicating night on the shore of the Yellow River, but also writes a beautiful chapter in the continuous cultural context and renewal of Jincheng Lanzhou. (Reporter Zhang Jing text/photo)