Recently, under the guidance of the United Front Work Department of the Jiangbei District Committee of Ningbo City (Minzong Bureau), Zhuangqiao Street, together with the Oriental Ethnic Song and Dance Troupe and other units, organized the theme activity of “Children’s Fun February 2, Welcoming the Spring Return”. The activity has attracted more than 200 young people of all ethnic groups to experience the colorful folk culture of the “Dragon Head Festival” together, allowing the majority of young people to feel the charm of excellent traditional culture in practical experience, feel the characteristics of various ethnic cultures in singing and laughter, guide young people of all ethnic groups to forge a strong sense of the Chinese national community, jointly care for the flower of national unity bloom in the hearts of young people, and build a common spiritual home of the Chinese nation.
“Children, after the ‘Dragon Head Festival’, the farmer’s uncle will start spring plowing, before sowing seeds, you must first put a plough on the buffalo, loosen the soil and plow the trench, so that the crops can grow better…” At the activity site, the veteran volunteers of the Hexi Veterans Volunteer Commando Corps told the children about the origin of the festival of “February Two Dragons Raise Their Heads”, and through the illustration panels, took the children to learn about traditional agricultural tools such as plough rakes, water wheels, wind valley machines, threshing barrels, etc., and introduced the use of these agricultural tools that condensed the wisdom of their ancestors.
There is a folk saying “February 2, the dragon raises its head, adults and children should shave their heads”, on this day the child’s haircut is called “shaving the happy head”, through the auspicious meaning of the dragon god, I wish the children a happy and healthy growth in the new year. On the same day, Chen Junding, one of the first batch of national commercial labor models from Philadelphia Village, and three other enthusiastic old barbers carried out free voluntary haircutting services and gave the children a “mental head”.
On the stage, the dragon dance “Dragon Teng Spring”, the magic trick “New Year has Joy”, the imitation show “Monkey King Troubles Spring”, the chorus “Spring is Beautiful”… The cultural and artistic programs brought by local art teams such as the Oriental National Song and Dance Troupe, Zhangxiang Women’s Dragon Dance Team, and Mingxin Kindergarten children are all full of spring; Beat the dragon, eat popcorn… The colorful folk culture and unique national songs and dances show people’s beautiful expectations for smooth weather and abundant grains, and the colorful folk experience, which not only allows children to feel the far-reaching significance of traditional festivals in laughter, but also tangible, sensible and effective guidance for young people of all ethnic groups to button the first button that forges the consciousness of the Chinese national community.
“With the development of the times, some folk customs are being diluted and forgotten, through this activity, the children have a more intuitive understanding of spring plowing folklore, and at the same time enhance their love for traditional culture and inspire their national pride.” The relevant person in charge of Zhuangqiao Street said.
In the next step, the United Front Work Department of the Jiangbei District Party Committee (Minzong Bureau) will take the “three plans” as the starting point to further polish the “North Shore Pomegranate Red” national work brand, shape the “North Shore Pomegranate Red” brand matrix in terms of positions, activities and work carriers, carry out in-depth national unity and progress publicity month activities, actively create a strong atmosphere of national unity, promote exchanges and blending among the masses of all ethnic groups, and build a common spiritual home of the Chinese nation.