The Production and Developing Trace of the Xingnuo Parade on the Lantern Festival in Putian—Take Nanpu Village in Putian as an Example

Abstract

The Xingnuo parade in Putian city is a folk activity among many performances during the traditional Lantern Festival. It plays an important role in terms of creating strong, diverse and interesting festival atmosphere, and brings great inspiration to people. With the development of the society, people's ideas have been changing, along with the improvement of the cultural level. At the same time, the Xingnuo parade activities have been changing too. Taking the Nanpu village in Putian as an example, this article introduces the production and developing trace of the Xingnuo parade on the Lantern Festival in Putian, to show the influence of traditional culture on the formation of the Xingnuo parade and display the unique value of traditional culture in modern economic activities.