The Lantern Festival starts on the 15th day of the first lunar month, its arrival also marks the end of the Spring Festival celebrations. The beauty of the lanterns is admired at night during the event and huge lanterns are held at exhibitions throughout the country. The Zingong Lantern Show in Southwest China and the Yuyuan Lantern Show in East China are lantern shows with traditional details in each lantern to fit the ancient theme. The Qinhuai Lantern Show in Nanjing in East China is one of the most famous shows in China that dates back more than 1,700 years and is held annually during the Lantern Festival, it says open for more than 50 days making it one of China's cultural heritage. It's also the longest-running, most attended and grandest lantern show in China.
Gu Yeliang is a native of Nanjing and is an inheritor of Qinhuai Lantern making it a national untouchable cultural heritage. He started making Lanterns when he was only eight. Over the past 40 years, he travelled to 47 countries and sent the
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