鱼灯是传统民俗舞蹈的道具 ,用竹篾绑扎成鱼形状。它的历史悠久，历史歌谣中有记载:“正月里来闹鱼灯，洪武兵马到浙东。先行大将胡大海，殿后督军常遇春”。这表明，在明初就有鱼灯表演。
歙县村中的鱼灯
Fish Lantern Parade in avillage, Shexian
With the frame made of thin bamboo strips, fish lantern is a kindof prop for traditional folk dance with a history of over 600 years.According to ballads, fish lantern performances appeared as early as the Ming Dynasty.
在我国鱼灯艺术中，无为鱼灯享有盛誉，入选第三批国家级非遗名录。宋人杨元亨《沁园春 •无为灯夕上陆史君》说:“万斛金莲，满城开遍，朵朵留迎学士归。”这说明，早在宋朝，无为就有灯彩艺术。无为依靠长江，境内河流纵横，打渔是许多人谋生的职业。为了美好的祝福，人们把鱼的造型与灯彩艺术结合起来，形成了鱼灯习俗。清代《无为州志》说:“十三日至十五上元，为元宵节......张灯为鱼龙及百故事式，酺聚为乐。”这是无为鱼灯确切的记载。
过去，无为鱼灯在春节时表演，石涧镇金家地等许多村子都玩，每三至五年举办一次，俗称三年玩两头，称为吉祥灯、平安灯。一般是正月初二起灯，正月十六左右结束，有接灯、开喉、参庙、送神等一系列仪式，表达了人们美好的希望和祝愿。
游动在歙县村中的鱼灯
Fish Lantern Parade in avillage, Shexian
In the art circle of fish lantern performers in China, Wuwei fishlantern enjoys a high reputation. It has been selected into the thirdnational intangible cultural heritage list. In the old days, Wuwei fishlantern was only performed during the Spring Festival once everythree or five years. The performance is also known as auspiciouslantern or peace lantern show.
无为鱼灯庆盛世
Fish Lantern Dance celebrating rich harvest, Wuwei
无为鱼灯造型丰富，色彩艳丽，造型小巧，在欢快的锣鼓节奏下，欢腾舞动，灵活多变。现在，随着人民生活水平的提高，玩灯成为农闲时的民俗盛事 。
歙县汪满田、瞻淇等村子每年元宵节前后会兴鱼灯会，祈愿“年年有余”。每年腊月，非遗传人会制作鱼灯。鱼灯形式多样，大的雄壮，小的灵活。大的长约 7 米，高 3 米，额写“王”字，里面点 100 多支蜡烛，鱼嘴还有喷火装置，嬉灯时需十几位青壮年抬游。现在为了安全，倡导以电子灯取代蜡烛。
Brightly colorful and rich in design, the fish lanterns made in Wuwei are really attractive. When inperformance, dancers wave the lanterns jubilantly in step with the cheerful rhythm of gongs anddrums. Nowadays, with the improvement of people's life, lantern performance has become a folkcustom in the slack season of farming.
In Shexian County, some villages like Wangmantian and Zhanqi arrange fish lantern performancesbefore and after the Lantern Festival every year as prayers for "better harvest next year".Usually intangible cultural heritage inheritors would start making lanterns in the last lunar monthevery year, and the fish lanterns could be in various sizes, big ones impressive and small onesattractive. The biggest one, about seven meters long and lit inside by over one hindered candles,needs more than ten strong men to carry in performance. For the safety of performers, people areencouraged to use battery-operated lamps instead of candles.
小朋友喜欢的小鱼灯
Small fish lantern,the favorite of kids
汪满田鱼灯有数百年历史。相传，村子过去经常发生火灾，有人认为原程、叶二姓一为禾旁一为草头，容易让木结构房屋着火，也影响到村里的汪姓。汪姓便兴起鱼灯会，舞得越热闹越好，目的是翻浪克火。鱼灯逐渐演变成一种习俗，2021 年进入省级非物质文化遗产目录。
鱼灯外，有杂灯，什么花篮灯、五谷灯，狮、猴、猪、牛、羊、兔等动物灯，五彩斑斓，活灵活现 。正月十三至十六，开展舞鱼灯祈福活动。夜幕降临，锣鼓铿锵，烟花照亮夜空，“嬉鱼灯”队伍过祠堂、钻胡同、走巷弄，寓意鲤鱼跳龙门，祈愿风调雨顺、年年有余。
汪满田鱼灯因为精美、可爱，深受人们喜爱，产品销往外地。乡村振兴中，村民通过制作鱼灯获得了不错的收入。
给鱼灯上彩 Coloring fish lanterns
Wangmantian Village has performed fish lantern forseveral hundreds of years. According to legend, as fireoften broke out in the village, the Wangs started fishlantern dances with the wish that the "fish" could stirwaves to extinguish fire. Gradually, the dance becomesa custom and the performance was listed as a provincialintangible cultural heritage item in 2021.
In the performance of fish lanterns, other lanterns are also used to enhance the attractiveness,such as flower basket lanterns and five-grain lanterns, and even lanterns in the shapes ofdifferent animals like lion, monkey, pig, buffalo, goat and rabbit, all colorful and lovely. Fishlantern performance is usually carried out to pray for blessing from the 13th to the 16th of thefirst lunar month. When night falls, gongs and drums clang, and fireworks light up the darksky. The parades of fish lantern dance groups would pass by the ancestral hall and go throughstreets and lanes, praying for success, promotion, good weather and abundant harvest.
