Abstract: Lantern festivals are popular folk activities in the Chaohu Lake region, characterized by their variety, wide distribution, and significant influence. From a macro perspective and through comparative research methods, this study explores the connection and rules between the explicit individual characteristics and implicit common essence of lantern festivals in the Chaohu region, constructing the order features that run through the visual art, activity procedures, and cultural origins of the lantern festivals. Based on rural spaces, the Chaohu lantern festivals indirectly construct a cross-border social spatial order with their unique ceremonial performances at traditional festivals. They have invisibly achieved the orderliness and standardization of local rural and town life, objectively reflecting the prominent features and good qualities of the Chaohu regional culture, which could help promote the protection and inheritance of the intangible cultural heritage in the Chaohu Lake region.

Key words: order construction, Chaohu Lake region, folk lantern festivals, artistic characteristics, cultural roots