一盞河燈，一份祝福。8月30日晚，廣西桂林市資源縣資江河畔人涌如潮，當地漢、苗、瑤等各族同胞及中外游客數萬人將形式各樣、新穎別致的河燈放入資江，任其順流而下，丹霞山下再現“萬盞河燈耀資江”壯觀場面。
Guilin (CNS) – Thousands of lanterns were set adrift Thursday night on the Zijiang River in southwest China.
The action was part of the 18th Lantern Offering Festival in Guilin, a city in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.
First held in 1995, the festival originates from a local custom to honor the dead. As part of a busy commercial waterway, the Zijiang River witnessed numerous accidents during the Qing Dynasty, and lanterns were once set adrift to memorialize those who had died there.
Singing is also traditionally featured at the festival. Ethnic singers from Guangxi and other provinces, including the Yao and Miao minorities, gathered to perform original folk songs.
Thursday was the 14th day of the 7th month on the lunar calendar, the eve of Ghost Festival, an eastern version of Halloween celebrated in many regions.
一盞河燈，一份祝福。8月30日晚，廣西桂林市資源縣資江河畔人涌如潮，當地漢、苗、瑤等各族同胞及中外游客數萬人將形式各樣、新穎別致的河燈放入資江，任其順流而下，丹霞山下再現“萬盞河燈耀資江”壯觀場面。
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