Chinanews.com, Beijing, February 1. Title: "Happy Spring Festival" Appears in Multinational Cultural New Year's Goods to Soothe Nostalgia and Promote Exchanges
Chinanews reporter Wu Kan
A Chinese New Year concert that combines Chinese and Western cultures, a joyous and festive Spring Festival parade, and a lively Chinese New Year temple fair... During the Spring Festival in 2023, the "Happy Chinese New Year" activities hosted by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of China will be held in many countries.
These "cultural New Year's goods" come in various forms and are colorful, comforting the homesickness of overseas wanderers, and allowing people around the world to "immerse" experience the lively Chinese New Year.
Overseas Chinese Celebrate the Happy Spring Festival Together
On the first day of the Lunar New Year, the National Park Plaza in Buenos Aires, Argentina, is full of dragon and lion dances, gongs and drums, and the 2023 "Happy Chinese New Year" New Year Temple Fair is held here.
The performers brought wonderful performances such as Tai Chi Sword, Guzheng solo, and modern tango. Local people and overseas Chinese enjoyed the show, bought traditional Chinese handicrafts, and tasted Chinese special snacks.
"For overseas Chinese, the customs of the Spring Festival are a profound cultural imprint." Chen Jing, one of the organizers of the temple fair and the president of the Argentine Federation of Women and Children, said that this year's Spring Festival temple fair pays more attention to the presentation of traditional Chinese cultural elements, and also Many youths of Chinese origin performed on stage, fully demonstrating the vigor and forge ahead of the overseas Chinese in Argentina, and sharing the joy of celebrating the Chinese New Year with the local people.
The temple fair is a traditional Chinese folk cultural activity, and it is also an indispensable activity for overseas Chinese to celebrate the Spring Festival.
A few days ago, at the scene of "Happy Chinese New Year-Chinese Cultural Temple Fair" held in Moscow, Russia, various small games such as throwing pots, rings, and guessing riddles attracted many guests. Words and couplets.
In the rich and colorful cultural experience activities, everyone celebrated the Lunar New Year of the Rabbit together.
In Budapest, Hungary, the 2023 "Happy Chinese New Year" Hungarian Chinatown Spring Festival Temple Fair was held on January 28 local time. The scene was decorated with lights and festivities. The guests learned calligraphy and painting, cut window grilles, guessed lantern riddles, painted facial makeup, made dumplings, and tasted tea. Tea.
The Hungarian "New Herald" pointed out in the report: "The temple fair lasted for two days, attracting tens of thousands of people to participate, allowing the guests to experience the rich and colorful traditional Chinese culture at the tip of their fingers, pens, and tongues."
Colorful activities show cultural charm
"Friends from the audience, I am now at the Orient Museum in Lisbon..." On January 25 local time, a reporter from Portugal's "Portuguese News" came to the live broadcast of the "Happy Chinese New Year" event in Portugal in 2023, leading the audience in Feel the atmosphere of the Portuguese Spring Festival with music and exhibitions.
The "Happy Chinese New Year" event in 2023 will be held in Lisbon and Porto, Portugal, and reporters from "Portugal Nouvelles" live broadcast the events in the two places.
"Both live broadcast events have aroused enthusiastic responses online." Portugal's "Portuguese Newspaper" reported that: "With the increasing influence of the Chinese in Portugal, the Spring Festival activities are no longer a self-entertainment within the Chinese community, but have developed into a The multi-cultural folk event showcases the charm of traditional Chinese culture."
During the Spring Festival, all kinds of concerts build a bridge of communication, so that the beauty of Chinese culture can be shared at home and abroad.
On the evening of January 7th local time, the 2023 "Happy Chinese New Year" and "Echoes of Tang Poetry" concert was staged at Lincoln Center in New York; on the evening of January 25th local time, the China Cultural Center in Paris held the "Happy Chinese New Year" series of activities "Xing Yin Ya Yun" "Concert; On the evening of January 16 local time, the 2023 "Happy Chinese New Year" celebration concert was held at the China Cultural Center in Berlin. The musicians brought an audio-visual feast combining Chinese and Western styles.
All ethnic groups share the New Year's feast
In Montreal, Canada, the 7th Happy Chinese New Year Temple Fair was held in Zhongshan Park and Cultural Palace in Chinatown on January 28 local time. The theme of the temple fair was "Revitalizing Chinatown to Welcome the Year of the Rabbit". Local Chinese art groups performed waist drums, singing and dancing, etc. Chinese and local people watched the exhibition of Chinese calligraphy and painting works on the spot, and experienced traditional skills such as cutting window grilles and making lanterns.
"The Montreal Happy Chinese New Year Temple Fair began in 2017 and has become a beautiful urban cultural landscape for the display and exchange of traditional Chinese culture." Zhang Shigen, chairman of the Montreal Chinese Chamber of Commerce, introduced that with the joint support and participation of more than 100 local Chinese associations, the previous temple fairs have passed It has attracted more than 3 million tourists to experience the Chinese folk customs and share the celebration of the Chinese New Year.
On January 14, local time, the 2023 "Happy Chinese New Year" parade was held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. More than 60 phalanxes and more than 20 floats set off from the China Pavilion of the World Expo to celebrate.
The Overseas Chinese Chamber of Commerce, Chinese-funded institutions and enterprises in the UAE, and local companies in the UAE formed a parade team to present performances such as dragon dance, lion dance, Yangko dance, and umbrella dance. The floats are colorful and ingenious.
At the Spring Festival market on the street, people are tasting Chinese delicacies, experiencing intangible cultural heritage handicrafts, and choosing Chinese products.
Wang Mingfeng, head of the UAE Huaxing Art Troupe, said that the UAE Huaxing Art Troupe formed a waist drum team phalanx, which was heroic in the Spring Festival parade. The youngest member of the waist drum team was 10 years old and the oldest was 72 years old.
"The 'Happy Chinese New Year' parade is not only a New Year's feast for overseas Chinese in the UAE, but also a cultural feast for local people, showing traditional Chinese culture to the UAE and the world." (End)