China News Service, September 13th. According to the US "World Journal" report, the classic Mid-Autumn Festival in San Francisco Chinatown will return this year.
On September 11th and 12th, the historic Chinatown street once again transformed into a lively and colorful pedestrian market. In two days, Duban Street became a street meeting place, from California Street to Broadway Street, full of Culture, community promotion, art and handicraft stalls, live music, cultural performances, children's activities, numerous food vendors, corporate sponsors and lion dance performances have also appeared on the stage.
The street fair scene is full of tourists and it is very lively.
At 11 am on Saturday, September 11, Mayor London Breed, city officials, community leaders, and beauty queens attended the launching ceremony of the Mid-Autumn Festival.
Mayor Breed said in a speech, “The spirit of unity delivered by Chinatown has allowed us to spend more than a year and a half of the difficult time together. It’s amazing to see the smiles on everyone’s faces today. Proud, proud of everyone living in Chinatown and contributing to the cultural construction of Chinatown. Today is worth celebrating, and I wish you all a happy Mid-Autumn Festival."
Duban Street has been turned into a street stage for lively music, martial arts and cultural performances.
The difference between this event and previous events is that the artistic conductor recruited many Asian performing arts talents from the community, and they performed for the first time at the Mid-Autumn Festival event.
The Chinese Youth Center also provides a variety of activities for teenagers and children.
At the street fair, there were not only traditional folk music performances such as the flute and the erhu, but also the actors who played the mythical story of Chang'e and Houyi in the moon. People and tourists on the scene could not help but stop and take photos together.
A doll in the image of the panda, a national treasure of China, also walked around the scene.
Major food suppliers are providing various moon cakes, exotic snacks and other unique foods for the people to taste.
The finale of the event was the lively dragon dance parade on September 12.
After more than a year of the epidemic, the long-lost excitement and vitality reappeared in Chinatown.
It is not only Chinese people who go to participate in this street meeting, but also tourists who come from far away.
Multi-ethnic families and young students can be seen at the scene, while elderly elders are assisted by their families to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival.
The stalls in the walking bazaar are not just Chinatown merchants, but also small businesses of Hispanic and white descent, who patiently explain products and cultural knowledge that many residents of Chinatown are not familiar with.
Non-Chinese visitors are mostly interested in handicrafts, ethnic costumes and accessories at the market.
In addition to providing tourists with a variety of specialty products, this street fair also showcased the government and social service resources provided by the Chinese community for the Asian immigrant friends who visited for the first time, while celebrating Chinese traditional festivals and culture. , Promote convenient services.
(Li Yi)