Dismantling the Spring Lantern Streetlight to Controversy

The beautiful and stylish Dongguan Humen Yingchun lantern Street Lamp has attracted much attention on the Internet recently. These lantern lanterns full of festive atmosphere were praised by netizens after they were installed before the Spring Festival this year. Many netizens passing through Humen sent photos on Weibo Avenue where the streetlights were relatively dense to Weibo and appeared Very proud.

Recently, the relevant departments of Humen dismantled these "big lanterns." Many netizens expressed their views whether this is "too extravagant and wasteful."

In response, the Humen Public Service Center explained that the cost of installing these lanterns is not much, and that only the “shell of the lantern” is actually discarded. The street light bulbs and lamp posts will be reused.

Lantern street lamp was demolished by netizens

On the eve of the Spring Festival, Humen added a row of "red lanterns"-shaped street lamps to the central fence on some of its major roads. During the day, these "Rainbow Lanterns" are very beautiful under the background of red and yellow flowers, and when the lights are on at night, they are full of the festive atmosphere of the Spring Festival.

This landscape has attracted the attention of many netizens. The netizen "cooper_zhong" said before: "Through Humen, there is a large number of lanterns every 10 meters. It is so festive." The netizen "will want to be determined to D_ Xiaohei" will describe it in beautiful language during the Spring Festival of Humen: “Red lanterns, beautiful neon lights, instant fireworks, and the glow of the night sky... The atmosphere of the Spring Festival is permeating the entire city...” Most of the other netizens also believe that “Humen’s lanterns are very good, and they have New Year’s taste!"

However, these beautiful "Red Lanterns" of Humen were recently dismantled. Some netizens questioned immediately: "Is it so wasteful that such a beautiful large-scale lighting fixture was not put in place for a month or so even if the lamp posts were removed? ”

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Netizen “@Sydney Brother”: “Only money is said to be Humen. The pillars that hang lanterns in the middle are installed and demolished. It is better to have so much money to help us open a small intersection.”

Netizen "@LU_PS": "Humen Street has just been installed lantern street lamps that were installed years ago and was immediately demolished! Humen you are a small town! Taxpayers cannot afford to suffer!"

The netizen “Ji Fei Zuoer”: “Humen’s extravagance and wasted performance when dismantling the lanterns. It is also very violent when it is not environmental protection! We do not know if Humen can use some environmental protection and long-term methods to welcome the holiday season next time!”

Related departments: only lost lantern shell, light bulb lamp post will be used for other purposes

Yesterday, the reporter drove almost the entire Humen Avenue and found that the lantern lanterns in the center of the road together with the lamp posts had indeed been completely removed. Some citizens told reporters that lanterns and lampposts had been removed from February 11 and had basically been demolished the next day.

Humen Town Public Utilities Service Center is the "major surgeon" of these lantern lanterns. Yesterday, Qin Weiming, deputy director of the center, told reporters that Humen's practice of decorating the New Year with “red lanterns” actually began in 2004. This year's batch of "Rainbow Lanterns" was constructed starting from the 20th year of the Twenty Years. It was completed on the 25th of the year and the first light was turned on that night. This year's lantern lighting is mainly installed on Humen Avenue and Lianping Road. “Actually, due to the upgrading of several roads in Humen this year, the scale of installing lantern lighting has been smaller than in previous years.”

According to Qin Weiming's introduction, this year's lantern lighting project cost a total of about 200,000 yuan, a total of more than 200 lanterns were installed. As of the moment, there are no statistics for the electricity charges. The expenses were all funded by the government of Humen.

Regarding the question of netizens' “extra vaunted waste”, Qin Weiming responded that only the “outer bulb of the lantern” was actually discarded after the demolition. Although the lamp posts that have been together with the bulbs have been removed, they are planned to be used for other purposes. . “We can also use light bulbs and lamp posts to make other lighting decorations or advertising platforms in the future. We are currently making detailed plans.” Qin Weiming said.

It is reported that the purchase price of each lantern shell is only 20 to 30 yuan. "Actually, the cost of keeping lantern shells is even higher than the cost of repurchasing them in the coming year, so we decided to use them as disposable items."

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Houjie Town:

Water flowing lantern iron column

How is Houjie Town adjacent to Humen Town? Yesterday, when the reporter passed through the Houjie section of Guantai Road, he saw that on both sides of the road, a string of lanterns still hung on the lamp post.

Huang Shurong, deputy director of Houjie Town Public Utilities Service Center, told reporters that the town would hang lanterns on the lampposts on both sides of Houtai Road and Houjie Avenue to increase the festive atmosphere. Just after the Spring Festival, the lampposts on both sides of the above two roads began to decorate as soon as they entered the twelfth lunar month, and the twenty-seventh lunar month officially opened its lights. “It is tentatively decided to withdraw after the end of the furniture exhibition in March.” Huang Shurong said.

Huang Shurong said that the annual cost of this project is between several hundred thousand yuan. However, lanterns are changed every year, but the lamp posts are not moving. "Where the lamp post is placed, it is generally used for hanging lanterns during the Chinese New Year. If there is a need for decorating or arranging activities to catch up with events or other matters, this location can be used."