China News Service, Datong, January 20th (Reporter Hu Jian) On the evening of the 20th, Datong, Shanxi launched the "Datong New Year's Great Difference" New Year series of activities in Huayan Square. The artist Ma Ruolong from Macau designed 23 sets of rabbit lanterns to make traditional Chinese lights shine. The collision of culture and international trend art brings out the "beauty of Eastern and Western cultures".
The overall color tone of the Datong main light group in Huayan Plaza is mainly red, followed by yellow, and embellished with indigo, implying that after the new year, all things will recover and be reborn.
The main structure of the main lantern group in Huayan Square is a giant lantern. Peony flowers are placed in the center and on both sides of the lantern group. Several dancing lions are also a sign that everything is going well, and bestow the auspiciousness of the new year on the ancient capital of Datong.
In addition to lanterns, this 33-day Chinese New Year series of activities also includes a combination of ancient culture and modern art. Nearly 60 cultural performances will be staged in the ancient capital of Datong.
An actress dressed in Tang Dynasty costumes is placed in an ancient rhyme painting. This performance art work called "Man in the Painting" combines the beauty of the ancient Tang rhyme with modern installation art, presenting a picture of a person in a painting dynamic beauty.
In the performance art work titled "Struggle on the Road", the male actor is covered in green and is struggling forward on a bicycle, implying a vigorous road of struggle.
"Bai Juyi" and "Wang Wei" who "traveled" from the Tang Dynasty recited poems on the ancient streets and took photos with tourists. This trendy cultural expression made many people feel fresh.
"I have been to Datong a few years ago, and I know that there are some ingenious Spring Festival activities here every year. This time I brought my father here specially, and saw a lot of fresh elements that are different from the traditional New Year customs in the past." Came here from Xingtai, Hebei on a special trip Wang Yantao told reporters.
Datong Mayor Zhang Qiang introduced at the launching ceremony that Datong is one of the top ten ancient capitals in China. Datong City has planned 8 themes and 106 activities during the Spring Festival. People can experience the folk culture of northern Shanxi and appreciate authentic delicacies in Datong, the ancient capital with thousands of years old. , Participate in folk intangible cultural heritage check-in, and spend a unique "Datong Year" together.
There will be four events in this Spring Festival series: on the first day of the Lunar New Year, the newly created IP image "Mulan" will congratulate the New Year at the beginning of the year; On the 15th day of the first lunar month, the Lantern Festival will release Kongming lanterns "online"; on the second day of February, the inheritor of the "intangible cultural heritage shaving head" will give tourists a haircut for public welfare.
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