Chinanews.com, Beijing, February 3rd (Yu Qi) "Spring in the Four Seas" 2023 Global Chinese New Year Cloud Gala will be broadcast on February 5th, Beijing time.

The "Cloud Gala" links with Chinese associations at home and abroad, Chinese media, etc., integrates multicultural and technological elements, and jointly conveys the spiritual and cultural connotations contained in the Lantern Festival, bringing a visual feast to overseas Chinese around the world.

　　The new generation of Chinese Americans is the future and hope. Living all over the world, they are an important force to continue the Chinese culture and tell Chinese stories overseas.

This year, the "Cloud Gala" has added elements of the new generation of Chinese Americans. In three different chapters, Guoguo, a young Chinese boy from the Australian Huaxing Art Troupe, will enjoy the lanterns with his family, celebrate the Lantern Festival, and recount the nostalgia. story.

　　Why does the Lantern Festival have to be "noisy"?

　　In the first chapter "Lights in Ten Thousand Families", Guoguo introduces the custom of Lantern Festival - the origin of lanterns.

　　As one of the most important traditional festivals in Chinese festivals, the Lantern Festival is full of lanterns and festoons. Why and how to "make trouble" during the Lantern Festival?

　　It turns out that from the Tang and Song Dynasties to the Ming Dynasty, people from house to house would enjoy lantern outings, carnival day and night, fireworks and juggling performances at night, and the scene was very lively.

From the eighth day to the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, people can see romantic lantern shows almost every day, highlighting the jubilation and excitement of the Lantern Festival.

Guoguo, a teenager of Chinese descent, is holding a bowl of Lantern Festival to celebrate the festive season.

Screenshot of the program

　　"Eat Tangyuan" or "Eat Yuanxiao"?

　　Celebrating the Lantern Festival is of course inseparable from delicious food. No matter where you are, the Lantern Festival and glutinous rice balls are must-have delicacies for the Lantern Festival, so you should not miss them.

How do overseas Chinese distinguish these two foods?

　　As the saying goes, the north "rolls" the Lantern Festival, and the south "packs" the glutinous rice balls. The main difference between the two is that they are popular in different regions.

The production of Yuanxiao is more cumbersome than that of Tangyuan. Yuanxiao is rolled in glutinous rice noodles, and Tangyuan is wrapped like dumplings. Although the production methods are different, they are all round on the outside and sweet on the inside, which also symbolizes people’s wish for reunion and beauty.

　　As the "second generation of Chinese" born overseas, Guoguo not only eats traditional sesame stuffed and peanut stuffed Lantern Festival, but also uses local ingredients to make Nut Stuffed Lantern Festival with Australian flavor, continuing the traditional custom of Chinese Lantern Festival.

　　"The sound of firecrackers marks the end of the year, and the spring breeze brings warmth into Tusu." The beginning of the new year, the renewal of everything, in the days of saying goodbye to the old and welcoming the new, everyone will make their own New Year's resolutions.

　　Guoguo is no exception, "In the new year, I hope that I will succeed in my studies, look forward to becoming a better me in the future, and I also want to return to my ancestral (home) country as soon as possible."

　　Spring has come, let us set off together under the lights and twilights!

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