Celebrating the Little New Year and welcoming the New Year, the Little New Year is the prelude to the Spring Festival. On February 2nd, coinciding with the 23rd lunar month of the twelfth lunar month, the "Our Festival in Tongzhou District - Spring Festival Cultural Activities" with the theme of "Spring arrives and the canal travels through Tongzhou" was held in Nansanjianfang Village, Jujuhui Township, Tongzhou District Organized by the village committee.
This event is sponsored by the Propaganda Department of the Tongzhou District Committee of the Communist Party of China, the Tongzhou District Culture and Tourism Bureau and other units. As a centralized demonstration activity for Tongzhou District’s culture, science, technology and health “Three Going to the Countryside” in 2024, the event conveys the joy of the New Year, inherits traditional folk customs, displays canal culture, and coordinates with traditional culture through the introduction of Spring Festival folk customs, family traditions, traditional folk art performances, and calligraphy interactions. The solar term cross talk art program focuses on the fireworks of the people, and shares a rich cultural experience with community residents in the rich festive atmosphere of the twelfth lunar month.
From the traditional Chinese dance "Dragon Song of Kyushu" and "Only Green", to the cross talk performance of traditional folk art "Tongrentang", the opera sketch "The Music of Opera Fans", to the interactive calligraphy "Write the New Year Together"; from the sharing of folk culture " "Spring Festival by the Canal", to "Tongzhou's Story of Filial Piety and Love for the Elderly", and then to the poem recitation "Ode to the Canal"; interspersed with the songs "Human World" and "Love Each Other" and other programs, the audience enjoyed interesting performances. At the same time, we learned about various customs and cultural characteristics of the Spring Festival.
The activity kicked off with the dance steps of "Dragon Roaring Nine States". The traditional cross talk "Tongrentang" conveyed traditional Chinese culture with laughter. Beijing Radio and Television hosts Jiao Junyi and Zhang Qiqi recited "Ode to the Canal", which expressed the Tongzhou people's feelings towards the river. The deep emotion of the canal.
This event also invited cultural scholar and writer Cui Daiyuan to share the Spring Festival folk customs with everyone under the theme of "Spring Festival by the Canal". He also introduced the differences in Spring Festival customs in Beijing and along the Tongzhou Grand Canal, as well as the basic necessities of life, food, clothing, housing and transportation. Cultural Features. The event specially invited Liu Shuhai and other five calligraphers and painters to write Spring Festival couplets and the word "福" at the event, showing the charm of calligraphy and celebrating the New Year with everyone.
Text/Beijing Youth Daily reporter Zhang Enjie
editor/Gong Lifang
