On the occasion of the Lantern Festival, people of all ethnic groups in Beilun District of Ningbo make lanterns, learn paper-cut, guess lantern riddles, appreciate folk customs, and taste the Yuanxiao- – – – -gather together. In the cultural blend, they feel the different yuanxiao style and feel the charm of traditional culture.
- New Qi: Chinese and foreign residents enjoy the Lantern Festival
- “Lively, I like the festive atmosphere!”Maddy, a foreign friend from Burkina Faso, took pictures with his mobile phone. Recently, in Xingyang Future Community, Xinqi Street, Beilun District, thriving lanterns were hung high and colorful traditional folk customs were staged, and residents gathered together to watch performances, make lanterns, learn paper-cuts, guess lantern riddles and enjoy cultural integration.
- With the cheerful music playing, the folk performance “step on the street” began, and officially opened the curtain of the whole activity. In the “street” activity scene, the reporter saw, folk performance team members dressed in festive costumes, holding special performance props, along the star road, nine jia lane, Donghe roadside walking performance, dragon dance, lion dance, drum pavilion, headlights, lantern, big head doll… colorful, distinctive folk performance, passing good wishes and vision for the New Year.
- The Lantern Festival, called “Our Festival · Spiritual Home”, was hosted by the Party Working Committee and offices of the Xinqi Sub-district. It is understood that there are many foreign enterprises in the street, so this activity also has many foreign residents to join, the activity has attracted many Chinese and foreign residents around the view of praise.
- At the scene, in addition to the rabbit decoration modeling punch point, doll rabbit performance, the event organizers also arranged the year of the rabbit theme lantern production. Lantern making talent on-site teaching, leading Chinese and foreign residents to feel the charm of traditional folk customs.
- For the first time, the international student was at a loss to learn how to make the lantern. Under the guidance of the teacher, he folded, stitched and pasted… after a while, a rabbit lantern was made. Watching a festive and lovely lantern “born” from his own hands, Shadi loved it down, carrying the lantern made by himself, let photography enthusiasts take pictures of him.”Today’s event is like a big family gathering. I want to post it to my moments so that more foreign friends can know about Chinese culture.”Said Sha Di.
- In addition, the first “Red Collar Market” of the Year of the Rabbit in Xinqi Street was also moved to the site of the Lantern Festival, where convenience service stalls such as anti-fraud propaganda, small home appliance maintenance, public haircuts, eye examination, oral examination, and free keys were lined up to serve the residents while celebrating the festival.
- 2. Beilun Xiapu: Industrial workers make a happy Lantern Festival
- “The Lantern Festival organized by the community is great, while guessing lantern riddles, you can also taste the taste of Ningbo old foundation. It has not been such a lively Yuanxiao for a long time!”Yuanxiao is coming, Xiapu logistics industrial community Party and mass service center joint logistics park Federation of Trade Unions held to” industrial workers make the Lantern Festival, full energy to show hong ‘rabbit’ ” as the theme of the Lantern Festival activities, to welcome the Lantern Festival.
- The activity time is when the staff lunch break, came to participate in the enterprise workers in an endless stream. We followed the activity route of “taking photos and punching in- -guessing lantern riddles- -answering questions- -lucky draw- -exchange the market to receive the prize”, and participated in the immersive activities in the high hanging red lanterns and lantern riddles color bars, sharing the romance of watching lights and solving puzzles.
- It is reported that the activity set up a total of 500 lantern riddles, in addition to the traditional theme of guessing words, the community will also party history knowledge questions into it. Those who guess the lantern riddles can go to the designated point to exchange gray juice ball, rice steamed bread, dried rice cake, sole cake and other traditional food in Ningbo.
- The industrial workers rushed to take photos at the theme flower gate, familiar colleagues also left a “staff family photo”; we not only guess lantern riddles when we help each other, but also share the taste after receiving snacks, enjoying the unique park staff of the unique reunion taste.
- “Our community hopes to make this hot Lantern Festival activity to integrate the New Year celebration and start incentives together, and start a new journey of the Year of the Rabbit in the logistics park.”Xiapu logistics industry community Party committee secretary Ding Ciying said.
- 3. Daqi Xueyuan community: Le Yuanxiao ethnic reunion
- On the afternoon of February 4th, Xueyuan Community Party and Mass Service Center organized the “Happy Lantern Festival ethnic reunion”. Area of all ethnic compatriots, party representatives, residents friends gather together to enjoy the festival.
- At the scene of the event, guessing lantern riddles and tasting dumplings featured the program “Yuanxiao flavor”, which added a festive atmosphere to the Lantern Festival rally. Traditional folk games such as playing Cuju and throwing a pot are full of fun, bringing a cheerful and lively atmosphere to the Lantern Festival rally.
- The Hui twins Guo Mingting and Guo Mingzhe, who live in Zhonghe Mingyuan, also came to attend the Lantern Festival. They are wearing red traditional winter clothes, wearing a small round hat, very festive and lovely, attracted the attention of many people.”come on! A little to the left!take aim!”In the grandmother’s encouragement, the brothers holding a ring on the eight blessing rabbit rabbit launched an” offensive “, and finally caught the three rabbit rabbit.
- “We often participate in community activities, this time specially for them to put on festive clothes, the games of the games are particularly fun, the brothers play, it is too interesting!”Grandma sighed as she looked at the brothers playing games.
- The whole activity scene of laughter, a beaming. In the fun games, we felt the warmth of the community family, enhanced the neighborhood feelings of the residents of all ethnic groups, and also carried forward the excellent traditional Chinese culture.
- 4. Chunxiao Mingyue Lake community: “the national happy family, festive yuanxiao enjoy the warmth”
- On February 2nd, when the Lantern Festival is approaching, a Lantern Festival feast themed “National fun, enjoy the Lantern Festival” kicked off in the Party and mass Service Center of Mingyue Lake Community.
- More than 20 residents from all ethnic groups, including Manchu, Zhuang, Miao, Yao, Yi and Dai, dressed in ethnic costumes with their own characteristics. ” I always think Ningbo Tangyuan is very delicious, but today I finally have a chance to learn!”In Ningbo under the guidance of the master, all ethnic residents knead dough, rub dumplings, one by one colorful glittering and translucent dumplings soon filled with plate, at the same time, all ethnic residents have to share their unique Lantern Festival custom, everyone in hot communication deeply realize the Chinese traditional festival atmosphere and connotation, enhance the sense of identity and sense of belonging to the community.
- Rub dumplings, under the dumplings, blessing reunion. After the steaming dumplings came out of the pot, everyone ate the delicious dumplings and talked about their daily lives. Dong Lixia, a Manchu resident living in Longhu Community, said, ” This is my third year in Ningbo, but it is the first year to spend the Lantern Festival with so many ethnic minority friends. We feel very warm.”
- “Hemp clothes white clip, red shirt wrapped in the body, white fat-body oil, the construction of national strength. What kind of plant is this????????”Guess lantern riddles is the traditional custom of the Lantern Festival, the moon lake community service center early decorated with the cultural lights, each lights under the hanging folk culture, national culture, green environmental protection knowledge, interesting as one of the classic riddle, caused strong interest, residents of all ethnic groups to participate in, heated discussion, guess the variety of imaginative answers.
- “National unity as a family, celebrate the Lantern Festival heart to heart.”Jia Yingchun, secretary of the General Party Branch of Mingyue Lake Community, expressed the hope that through such traditional cultural activities, we could enhance the identity and belonging of ethnic minorities to the community, care for residents of all ethnic groups, and show the unique warmth of Mingyue Lake.
- 5. Xiaogang Xishu community:, ethnic reunion to enjoy the reunion, enjoy the Lantern Festival heart to heart
- “Insist not relax the name of a party history” I guess is the revolutionary base. Right? Hee hee, I guessed right, thank you uncle.”From the Zhuang nationality, 12 years old, often participate in community activities, Xiao Dong took just picked the riddle paper jumped to the lottery table, said to the staff.
- On the afternoon of February 1st, the square of Xinmian Village Committee in Xishu Community was decorated with lanterns. All kinds of party history, anti-fraud and garbage classification lantern riddles attracted many ethnic minority residents in the community. We scrambled to see the riddle, riddles, some silently meditation, some to discuss with each other, the scene is very lively. Hu Jiayi, a child from the Miao nationality, also guessed riddles led by their parents. The three thought together and guessed the answer, they happily came to the exchange office to exchange the prizes. Event a lively scene, and on the other side, the community workers prepared glutinous rice flour, lard, a dozen “56 flowers” and parents and local residents began to dumplings, knead dough, stuffing, rub, knead, press, group, pieces of white glutinous rice noodles in the hands into a ball, pressed into a cake bag filling, make attractive rabbit dumplings. Under the joint efforts of everyone, a white rabbit dumplings gradually formed, indicating the year of the rabbit, reunion. We sit together to taste dumplings, yuanxiao, the national reunion, enjoy the Lantern Festival heart to heart.
- Xie Shu community currently has 24 ethnic minority components, jurisdiction live with more than 1000 ethnic minorities, growing more than 300 “56 flowers”, community combining beilun children friendly city to create, by conducting these rich cultural elements, national characteristics of festival activities, rich jurisdiction “56 flowers” spiritual world, stimulate community residents to participate in the child friendly community construction.
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