The Year of the Sheep Spring Festival is already more than halfway over, yet the festive atmosphere in the Chunqiu Amusement Park at Yancheng, Changzhou remains as strong as ever. With the Lantern Festival approaching, the 5th Yancheng Lantern Festival held at the Chunqiu Amusement Park in Yancheng, Changzhou is especially lively. A reporter from Changzhou interviewed an elderly visitor at the Chunqiu Amusement Park. The elderly man’s name is Wang Ergen, currently residing in Niuciao Township, Shangluo City, Shaanxi Province. When the reporter asked why such an elderly man would travel a thousand miles during the Spring Festival to come to the Chunqiu Amusement Park, the old man said, “I grew up here as a child, and I just wanted to come back and take a look.”
A 70-Year-Old Travels a Thousand Miles for the Lantern Festival
The food street at the Chunqiu Amusement Park in Yancheng, Changzhou gathers countless local snacks that have been beloved in Changzhou for over a century. Every holiday attracts a large number of tourists who come to play and dine. Not only that, but the 5th Chunqiu New Year Lantern Festival at the Chunqiu Amusement Park in Yancheng, Changzhou is even more dazzling, drawing a multitude of visitors from all over the country. The Chunqiu New Year Lantern Festival, embodying centuries of Chunqiu culture, runs until the 18th day of the first lunar month (March 8, 2015).