China.com, February 18 (Reporter Li Zhi comprehensive report).Recently, the Chinese New Year of the Dragon has become a global cultural event. This year is also the first time that the Lunar New Year has been listed on the United Nations festival calendar, marking that the Chinese culture behind "China Red" is going abroad and going to the world in a richer and more diverse way, allowing people around the world to have a deeper understanding of traditional Chinese culture.
On the occasion of the Spring Festival, UN Secretary-General António Guterres delivered a speech to bless Chinese people around the world. Guterres thanked China and the Chinese people for their unwavering support for the United Nations, multilateralism and global progress. He said that if we work together, we can achieve a sustainable, just and peaceful future.
During the Spring Festival, overseas Chinese and international students in the United States also celebrated this important festival in different forms. According to Share America, hosting a family banquet to welcome the New Year is a traditional program for Chinese Americans to celebrate the Lunar New Year. February 10 is the first day of the Year of the Dragon, and Chinese families across the United States celebrate the Chinese New Year by sharing delicious wines in accordance with tradition. San Francisco food editor Christine Gallary said she hopes her young daughter will grow up with Lunar New Year memories like herself. "It's important because your horizons expand," she said. ”
Hsiao-ching chou, who teaches cooking classes in Seattle, said people like to gather around a table to eat food during the Chinese New Year. All the dishes on the table have meanings, such as wealth, prosperity, longevity, well-being and family prosperity, adding to the highlight of the festival. Rice cakes symbolize family reunion and rising year by year, while whole fish represents surplus every year.
New York-based blogger Maggie Zhu works on the development of new recipes for Chinese cuisine. Traditionally, Chinese New Year is the season of harvesting, she said, and the best ingredients must be used. Maggie Zhu grew up in Beijing, and on Chinese New Year's Eve, she used to go to her grandmother's house to make dumplings with relatives and friends. During the Chinese New Year, grandma will also cook a large table of rich dishes. Now, Maggie Zhu is thousands of miles away from her family, but she still misses the scenes of family reunions in the past.
The Chinese Embassy in the United States also co-organized activities with local institutions. It is reported that the "Happy New Year" family day event jointly organized by the Chinese Embassy in the United States and the Smithsonian American Art Museum for the 10th time allowed more than 10,000 Americans to experience the unique charm of traditional Chinese festival culture in the strong flavor of the New Year.
On the first day of the Lunar New Year local time, red lanterns hung high in the event hall of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, with Chinese knots, blessing characters, window flowers, "Happy New Year" and "Hello! China" large posters can be seen everywhere, and they are full of festive atmosphere. People are holding brochures printed with auspicious dragons and Spring Festival introductions, showing their own hand-printed Chinese dragons, blessing characters, etc., and their faces are full of festive joy.
The participating local visitors also learned to write their Chinese names and characters for Fu with brushes at the calligraphy booth, rubbed the dragon and door god patterns at the New Year booth, cut out various window flowers at the paper-cutting booth, drew colorful Chinese dragons on coloring paper, tried on various Hanfu booths and took photos with panda dolls, each interactive exchange activity could further deepen their understanding and love of Chinese culture.
Culture is a bridge and bond that communicates people's hearts, deepens understanding and enhances friendship. It is reported that for more than ten years, the "Happy New Year" celebration jointly created by the Chinese Embassy in the United States and the American Art Museum has allowed the American people to experience the Chinese New Year culture and customs up close, and has become a well-known local Spring Festival celebration.
In addition to promoting Chinese culture, Chinese embassies, consulates general and other institutions and departments also expressed greetings and blessings to compatriots abroad during the Spring Festival. The Consulate General of the People's Republic of China in Los Angeles distributed more than 1,000 "Spring Festival Bags" to overseas students in the consular district to convey the care and care of the motherland and celebrate the Spring Festival with the overseas students in the consular district. In the "Spring Festival Condolence Letter to Chinese Students in the Consular District", the Consulate General sent sincere blessings and encouraged everyone to be a bridge and link between Chinese and American youth exchanges, and contribute youth strength to the promotion of China-US people-to-people exchanges.
The Spring Festival is the most important traditional festival in China, and as the Spring Festival celebration is spread overseas by overseas Chinese, it also brings joy, hope and blessings to people all over the world, and is welcomed by people from all over the world.
Editor: Jiang Xinyu.