The lanterns in the streets and alleys are booming, and the dumplings that have just been cooked are steaming, and the atmosphere of the Lantern Festival in the Year of the Tiger is getting stronger and stronger. This year, when the Lantern Festival meets the Winter Olympics, it shows more joy and vitality than before.
Traditional glutinous rice balls sell well.
Lantern Festival is celebrated on the fifteenth day of the first month. As a necessary food for festivals, Lantern Festival naturally becomes the "protagonist" on people’s table.
In recent days, in Beijing Jinfang Ciqikou Snack Shop, the masters in charge of making Yuanxiao are busy from early morning to late night every day. "The store site is expected to shake 10,000 kilograms, plus the gift-packed Yuanxiao shipped from other stores, and it will sell more than 20,000 kilograms a day." Manager Qiu Yunhe said.
In Guishunzhai, a time-honored brand in Tianjin, customers who came to buy Yuanxiao lined up in a long queue. "The assorted dumplings I bought are the same as the blind box. It’s fun to catch up with whatever stuffing you eat." A young consumer said, "Gui Shunzhai has 12 kinds of classic Yuanxiao flavors, which are handmade by the master, and the old people at home love this flavor."
"Rolling" Yuanxiao in the north and "wrapping" glutinous rice balls in the south all represent reunion and happiness and family reunion. In the Ningbo Tangtuan Store near the Jiuqu Bridge in Shanghai Yuyuan Garden, many citizens and tourists ate hot freshly cooked dumplings, and there was a long queue at the take-out place at the door of the store to buy raw dumplings. "Please help me get four boxes of black foreign cakes and four boxes of crab powder soup balls." On February 9th, Wang Laobo, a citizen of Shanghai, went to the Yuyuan Garden with his wife to see the lanterns, and bought some handmade dumplings to take home.
Black sesame, peanut, fruit, taro … … Yuanxiao with various fillings not only satisfies the taste buds, but also conveys the joy and reunion warmth of traditional Chinese festivals.
Lantern reflects the full moon.
Lantern Festival is also called Shangyuan Festival and Lantern Festival. Just like "thousands of trees bloom in the east wind night." It is written that there is a full moon in the sky, and lanterns are everywhere in the world. Watching lanterns has become a traditional folk custom of the Lantern Festival.
In the Datang Furong Garden in Xi ‘an, Shaanxi Province, groups of lanterns such as "Fu Hu You Chun", "Dragon and Phoenix Cheng Xiang" and "Drum Music for a Thousand Years" are brightly lit and colorful, attracting tourists and citizens to watch. It is reported that there are 37 groups of lanterns in Xi ‘an Datang Furong Garden, Datang City that Never Sleeps, Xi ‘an City Wall, Daming Palace National Heritage Park and Yi Sushe Cultural District. All kinds of lanterns light up this ancient city, allowing visitors to experience the annual taste and beauty of "the lights of Shangyuan are all over the sky".
Dance Shuanglong, Dance Double Lions, Walk on stilts, Nanchang Qingyin, Huangmei Opera and Tea Picking Opera … … In Tengwangge Scenic Spot in Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, there is a festive atmosphere in the Spring Festival Lantern Festival, which is very lively. In addition to viewing lanterns, visitors can also enjoy a variety of folk performing arts activities.
Solve riddles on the lanterns is also a traditional event of the Lantern Festival. In Wuhan, Hubei Province, there is a lantern riddle in the West Square of Yellow Crane Tower Park, and visitors can get corresponding gifts after guessing correctly. In Chongqing, the Lantern Festival will be held in Meixin Red Wine Town, Fuling. Citizens and tourists can take part in folk activities such as solve riddles on the lanterns, setting off the river lanterns, and taking photos at the lantern punching points such as "Two Towers Reflecting the Moon", "Tiger Lantern" and "Fish Every Year".
In Guangzhou, Guangdong, the night light show illuminates the city, making tourists shout, "What a shock!" "Proper international norms and modernity" … … At the same time, the arrival of the Lantern Festival also indicates the opening of the local spring outing market. Peach blossoms, plum blossoms and camellias are in full bloom one after another, and enjoying flowers in spring outing has also become a way for citizens to celebrate the Lantern Festival.
Winter Olympics elements are bright.
On February 13th, a special activity of "Celebrating the Lantern Festival and Drawing Winter Olympics" was held in Dongao Community, Gaojing Road, Shijingshan District, Beijing. Members of the Winter Olympics volunteer family hand-made exquisite craft lanterns, and members of the painting and calligraphy class carefully drew paintings and calligraphy works such as plum, orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemum on them. Lantern is one of the typical elements of China traditional culture, a symbol of happiness and auspiciousness, and also the prototype of the mascot of Beijing 2022 Paralympic Winter Games, "Snow Rongrong". Everyone also wants to express their wishes for the Beijing Winter Olympics.
The splendid Winter Olympics and the joyful Lantern Festival "bump into each other", interweaving the unique charm of the 2022 Spring Festival. Many netizens said that this year’s Lantern Festival will watch the Winter Olympics at home and cheer for the Olympic athletes!
Celebrations around the world are also combined with the Winter Olympics, and there are many ideas. For example, the "Park Classroom" in Hongshan Square, Wuhan, Hubei Province will hold a special activity to lead children to personally make the ultra-light clay version of "Ice Pier" and "Snow Rongrong". In Dongyue Community, Tai ‘an, Shandong Province, children make "orange piers" with oranges to celebrate the Winter Olympics. In Guangyuan Road Community, Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province, people create riddles based on the Winter Olympics and Olympic champions, so that more people can understand the story of Winter Olympics.
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