The USR project team of STUST has been working on the Ministry of Education's "Local Creation and Dissemination of Cultural Heritage—Fucheng vs Yuejin" project. This is the sixth year for Shennong Street to hold the Lantern Festival. Recently, the project team combined the Year of the Rabbit with the number 6, making "Six Rabbits for Prosperity" the theme for the lantern show to be held in the hope that this year will go well like a sportive rabbit.

【STUST cultural heritage USR team held a group photo of the opening of the lantern show with the theme of "Six Rabbits for Prosperity."】

This year, Shennong Street Lantern Show is different from previous years in that it demonstrates the talent cultivation concept of the three-tiered talent education of the project team. Therefore, in addition to the students who have independently studied special courses at STUST and the residents who paint the lanterns of each household, they also invited elders from the art classroom of Tilapia Art and Culture Studio to participate in the lantern painting of six households, as well as children from “Paper Airplanes Can Fly” creative art classroom to participate in the installation of the network beauty wall of the Beishigang site. The staff of the STUST administrative unit and the international students of the International Affairs Office also added to the manpower to complete the Year of the Rabbit Lantern Show.

【STUST cultural heritage USR team held the opening ribbon-cutting ceremony of the lantern show with the theme of "Six Rabbits for Prosperity."】

The Lantern Festival for the Year of the Rabbit is as usual. In addition to the hand-painted stories of the residents and the lanterns with images of the Year of the Rabbit, the Lantern Festival on Shennong Street will launch six great activities based on the his six themes this year. Starting from the entrance of Shennong Street on the same day, with the help of students from the Department of Pop Industry Music, STUST, students who participate in the painted lanterns will be asked to take their own lanterns and walk through Minzu Road, Guohua Street, Zhengxing Street and Haian Road. The Director of the STUST General Studies Center, the Executive Director of the University Social Promotion Center, and the Founding President and Executive Director of the Tainan City Cultural Association jointly cut the ribbon to announce the official opening of the Shennong Street Lantern Festival in the Year of the Rabbit, followed by the super popular lantern riddles guessing activity and Shennong Street's new super-popular Shennong ghost street game, the AR experiencing activity in which participants could experience the work of the dock workers in the suburban merchant period, and the night tour with lanterns, which is expected to be held on Feburary 4 with small lanterns for the Year of the Rabbit distributed for free to the first 200 participants. Finally, there will be a new Lantern Painting Competition for the Year of the Rabbit. People will choose the most beautiful lanterns for the Year of the Rabbit through lantern viewing to determine the top three most beautiful painted lanterns for the Year of the Rabbit.

【The lantern with the imagery of 2023 Year of the Rabbit at the entrance of the festival at Shennong Street】

STUST President Deng-maw Lu said that the USR project team of STUST has been running the Shennong Street Light Exhibition for many years and has also cultivated many talents of painted lanterns. The slot video game will allow participating teachers and students to light up the main lights one by one in the way of slot connection, showing the achievements of STUST in cultivating high-quality talents. People are welcome to walk in Shennong Street during the New Year, enjoy lanterns, guess lantern riddles, and choose the most beautiful lantern for them.

【he lanterns painted by members of STUST administrative units and international students were displayed at an intersection of Shennong Street.】

【The lantern display, at No. 126, Shennong Street, of those created by the local elderly in the art class of Shishu Tilapia Art and Culture Studio】

【STUST students at the opening parade】

【Director Chuang-xiong Chiu of the General Studies Center, STUST, was talking with students who painted and was hanging up the lanterns.】

【The main lanterns in front of the Wujo Port Culture Hall are painted with the image of Fucheng.】

【A poster of the 6 consecutive events for the 2023 Shennong Street Lantern Festival】