"Seeing that citizens and tourists are beaming when enjoying traditional folk performances, they feel a strong sense of the year."
Drums are sonorous, dragon and lion dances are jubilant … … On the eve of the Spring Festival, the Supreme Leader General Secretary came to Tianjin Ancient Culture Street to see the people’s feelings, send blessings and understand the inheritance and development of traditional culture.
Facing the crowd gathered around, the General Secretary said kindly, "The Lunar New Year is the Year of the Loong. In Chinese culture, the dragon has multiple meanings, such as courage, vigor, good luck and so on, and it has a beautiful vision. Everyone should be full of confidence in the new year and live a better life. "
Chinese pays attention to the flavor of the New Year. During the Spring Festival, the General Secretary of the Supreme Leader always goes deep into the people’s hearts, and together with them, he wraps up jiaozi, posts blessings, chats about family and sends blessings, and welcomes the Spring Festival with local customs.
Warm interaction, sincere blessing, full of respect and protection for traditional culture, condensed the forge ahead of one heart and one mind.
There is joy in preparing new year’s goods in the taste of the year.
Located in Nankai District, Tianjin, Guwen Street is a gathering place for food, and many "old brands" are located here.
In the shops of Mahua and Guorenzhang in the 18th Street of Guifaxiang with a long history, customers are in an endless stream. On February 1st, General Secretary of the Supreme Leader walked into the store, asked about the variety, the passenger flow and the price. He also paid for several boxes of twist and chestnut soup and sent two boxes to a little boy beside him.
△ On the afternoon of February 1st, General Secretary of the Supreme Leader visited Tianjin Ancient Culture Street and walked into the shop to interact with the people on the spot.
"I am very happy to receive Grandpa Xi’s gift. I wish Grandpa Xi a happy New Year!" "The General Secretary of the Supreme Leader will come to Tianjin to visit everyone and feel particularly warm." Speaking of the scene at that time, 8-year-old Li Yanhua and her mother Chi Fengtao were very excited.
In Huozhou, Shanxi Province, as soon as the steamed buns are steamed, the flavor of the year comes. In January, 2022, on the eve of the Spring Festival, in Fengnanyuan Village, the General Secretary of the Supreme Leader made a Chinese New Year’s Eve. Looking at all kinds of steamed buns made by the villagers, such as jujube flowers, rabbits and small fish, he praised them as "very auspicious" and "giving people a good feeling every year, representing the yearning for a better life of the vast number of villagers".
"I’ll come to see you and pay a New Year call to everyone!" In 2019, in Sitiao Hutong, Caochang, Beijing, General Secretary of the Supreme Leader who came to pay a New Year call was invited by Zhu Maojin, a resident, to package jiaozi.
Chatting at home while wrapping jiaozi, the general secretary said that his family also loves to wrap fennel stuffing. "You see, the more packages, the better. Our life is the same, the better! "
On the eve of the Spring Festival in 2017, by the kitchen stove of the villagers’ home in Desheng Village, Zhangjiakou, Hebei Province, the general secretary held chopsticks in one hand and a colander in the other, and fried golden rice cakes. The sweet smell of rice cakes is tangy, and the smell of oil rises with the festive taste of the year.
△ On February 5th, people bought special food at the Yellow River Market in Lanzhou, Gansu.
Preparing new year’s goods is the "highlight" of Chinese New Year in Chinese. If you have enough new year’s goods, the flavor of the year will naturally be strong.
From Xilinhot Aimin Community Supermarket in Inner Mongolia to Kunming New Year Shopping Expo in Yunnan, and then to the specialty store of Pingyao Ancient City in Shanxi … … In recent years, General Secretary of the Supreme Leader often visited markets, supermarkets and shops before the Spring Festival to check the market supply, supply and marketing of new year’s goods, price operation and so on.
During the Spring Festival this year, many ancient towns in Shanghai were decorated with lanterns to welcome the Spring Festival, and long queues formed at the "time-honored" food stores. In the "Mihua Street" in Benzhuang Town, Tongren, Guizhou, fried rice flowers, which mean happiness and beauty, and happy reunion, make the air filled with sweet fragrance … …
People are savoring the taste of China in the sweet, soft, delicious and spicy new year’s goods.
There is the charm of traditional culture in the taste of the year.
Pingyao, Shanxi, read Spring Festival couplets, enjoy lanterns, visit the intangible cultural heritage market and watch the social fire tour … … The "Year of China" event kicked off, and guests from all over the world enjoyed the charm of the ancient city.
△ As the Spring Festival approaches, red lanterns are hung high on the main street of Pingyao Ancient City in Jinzhong, Shanxi. On the ancient street full of Shanxi merchants’ culture, the prosperous and lively flavor of the year came to my face.
Two years ago, General Secretary of the Supreme Leader came to this "living ancient city" to inspect the features of the ancient city along the streets, and went into Pingyao Beef Shop, Tuiguang Lacquerware Shop and Donghu Old Vinegar Shop to learn about the protection, utilization and characteristic management of local cultural heritage.
In the lacquer shop, all kinds of push-light lacquerware are dazzling and colorful. Elements such as "two dragons playing with pearls" and "dragon and phoenix becoming auspicious" add a festive atmosphere to the New Year.
"Better carry forward China’s excellent traditional culture, better serve economic and social development and people’s high-quality life", in the mind of the Supreme Leader General Secretary, culture is an important factor to meet the people’s growing needs for a better life.
Nadam is a national characteristic activity deeply loved by Mongolian people. On the eve of the Spring Festival in 2014, at the traditional blessing ceremony, General Secretary of the Supreme Leader dipped his ring finger in fresh milk in a silver bowl and played it three times in accordance with Mongolian customs, wishing the coming year a good weather, prosperous animals and happy people.
△ In January 2014, on the occasion of the Spring Festival of the Lunar Year of the Horse, the General Secretary of the Supreme Leader came to Inner Mongolia to visit and express condolences to the cadres and masses of all ethnic groups and extend sincere New Year wishes to the people of all ethnic groups throughout the country.
In January, 2020, General Secretary of the Supreme Leader walked into the Wa village of Mora, Zhongzhai Si, three village, Qingshui Town, Tengchong City, Yunnan Province. In the square, the villagers danced a cheerful Wa dance. According to local customs, the General Secretary rang three Wa wooden drums to wish the coming year a good weather, a peaceful country and a peaceful people.
"During the Spring Festival, all localities can hold more cultural activities that the masses like to see and hear, making the festival more festive and cheerful." During this visit to Tianjin, the General Secretary of the Supreme Leader specifically told him.
There are traditional techniques such as Latin films and acrobatic cross talk, and there are also small stalls selling fried enema and candied haws … … During the Spring Festival this year, Beijing fully resumed traditional temple fairs, which activated many unique Spring Festival memories of old Beijing.
In Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, the Museum of Cross-Lake Bridge Ruins launched augmented reality technology service, which allows visitors to explore the life of the ancestors here 8,000 years ago.
In Xi ‘an, Shaanxi Province, Shaanxi Cuisine Culture Experience Museum tries to restore the ancient dishes described in the Tang poems of Han Fu, so that guests can appreciate the "rhyme" of traditional cuisine … …
Inheriting the genes of Chinese excellent traditional culture, the cultural flavor of the Spring Festival comes from the depths of history, with endless string songs and endless life.
In the flavor of the year, there is a warm feeling of wishing a beautiful life together.
"Touching people, don’t worry about love first."
General Secretary of the Supreme Leader once said with deep affection: "Today’s society is changing rapidly. People forget to eat and sleep for their work and run around for their livelihood, but we must not forget the true feelings of the world, cut them off in a long distance, forget them in our daily busy life, and ignore them in our day-to-day struggle."
The mellow culture of the Spring Festival provides a spiritual dwelling place for the dream-chasers who are running. The arrival of the Year of China has also brought every Chinese closer together.
More than two months ago, when visiting the home of the new era urban builders and managers in Minhang District, Shanghai, the General Secretary of the Supreme Leader carefully entrusted that "the city should not only have height, but also have temperature".
These days, the home of urban builders and managers is warm and harmonious. In the shared kitchen, Ms. Zhang served steaming jiaozi. Strugglers from all corners of the country and in all walks of life are sitting around eating jiaozi and having fun.
△ Everyone is in jiaozi in the City House.
"This is my first time to welcome the Spring Festival with so many strange friends. I feel like a family member when I get along. It’s unforgettable, and my hometown is also my hometown!" Ms. Zhang can’t hide her joy.
The human touch is there, and the taste of the year is there.
In Yuehe Village, Fengxian District, Shanghai, there is an "old tradition" that lasted for seven years — — Every Laba, the two cauldrons in the farmer’s club keep thumping. Laba porridge was sent to the homes of the elderly by volunteers as soon as it was out of the pot, bringing them New Year greetings.
△ Live connection of "Village Night" in Linfen, Shanxi and Fenghuang, Hunan.
In Miao Village of La ‘ershan Town, Fenghuang County, Hunan Province, four "post-90 s" Miao boys formed a band to run their own "village night", which was small in scale and sang the hometown of fire; Villagers in Linfen, Shanxi Province used dustpans and soybeans as musical instruments, accompanied by suona and the majestic gongs and drums of Jinnan, which were not left behind, to broadcast live to Miao township thousands of kilometers away, and the North-South Grand Gala released unique excitement, attracting nearly 8 million online viewers … …
Crowded stations and airports, happy and peaceful lights, and happy expressions of purchasing new year’s goods … … Chinese’s inheritance of New Year’s culture has never changed, and his feelings for his home country are getting deeper and deeper.
△ "Non-legacy loong" lamp group at Zigong Lantern Festival in Sichuan
The Spring Festival, an ancient festival, is bearing the cultural genes and emotional needs of Chinese for thousands of years, and it is showing a vigorous atmosphere of the times.
The fireworks in the world are flourishing in the year of China. In the thick flavor of the New Year, we see a vibrant and steaming China.
Producer: Geng Zhimin
Producer Xing Lai
Editor-in-Chief Ning Lili
Writing, Cheng Yu
Visual sense Jiang yuhang
