Table 9 Lantern Festival Music in Fuzhou (闽中元夕曲).

From: Historical sensing: the spatial pattern of soundscape occurrences recorded in poems between the Tang and the Qing Dynasties amid urbanization

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On the day of the Lantern Festival in Fuzhou City, Fuzhou City is filled with the hustle of xiao and drums, and firecrackers and red candles are lit everywhere. Many citizens take to the streets to watch this lively spectacle, with red lanterns reflecting red in the sky.

满城箫鼓沸春风, 爆竹声喧凤蜡融。

三十万家齐上彩, 一时灯影照天红。