On the eve of the 2024 Spring Festival, more than 60,000 "New Year Warm Heart Bags" jointly sent by the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of China, the China Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese, together with some provincial (autonomous regional, municipal) Overseas Chinese Affairs Offices, the Federation of Overseas Chinese, and 66 embassies and consulates abroad, are being sent across the ocean to overseas Chinese in more than 60 countries on five continents.
"New Year Warm Heart Pack" is one of the brand activities with the widest coverage, the largest benefit and the strongest representation in the series of measures of "Warm Overseas Chinese Action". Since the Spring Festival in 2021, epidemic prevention materials and comfort items have been sent to overseas Chinese in nearly 100 countries, and the number of provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) participating in the donation has increased to 16 for the first time this year.
Compared with previous years, in addition to the New Year's goods with local characteristics, the 2024 "New Year Warm Heart Pack" also contains a special letter - a New Year letter jointly written by Chen Xu, director of the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office, and Wan Lijun, chairman of the China Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese, to overseas Chinese around the world. The letter reviewed the development and changes of the ancestral (home) country in the past year, and specifically mentioned: "In 2023, the chairman cordially met with the representatives of the 10th World Friendship Conference of Overseas Chinese and Chinese Associations, attended the meeting to congratulate the opening of the 11th National Congress of Returned Overseas Chinese and Relatives of Overseas Chinese, and extended sincere greetings to overseas Chinese and Chinese all over the world and the vast number of returned overseas Chinese and their relatives, which made the overseas Chinese community at home and abroad feel warm and deeply encouraged. "The paper is short and long, and a family letter has crossed thousands of mountains and crossed the ocean, bringing the good news of the steady and orderly progress of Chinese-style modernization to overseas Chinese, conveying the deep affection and love of the party and the state for the vast number of overseas Chinese, and continuing the flesh-and-blood ties of the Chinese sons and daughters whose blood is thicker than water and shares weal and woe.
The picture shows the "New Year Family Letter" in the "New Year Warm Heart Pack" in 2024.
In order to allow the majority of overseas Chinese to receive greetings from their ancestral (home) countries before the Spring Festival, the staff have been working overtime for several months, carefully designing, packing, packing, and distributing. The small parcels sent to all parts of the world carry the heavy thoughts and greetings of the ancestral (home) country to overseas travelers.
Hebei, Beijing, Chongqing, Xinjiang, Sichuan, Hainan, Zhejiang and other places have selected Quyang Ding porcelain tea cups, Fuman Jingcheng ornaments, Tan carpenter combs, five-star oriental silk scarves, panda dolls, Year of the Dragon theme night lights, ** dragon dolls and other small objects with strong local characteristics; Hubei, Fujian, Tianjin, Henan, Yunnan and other places sent Laifeng lacquer chopsticks, Dehua white porcelain Baifu cup, Yangliu youth painting, intangible cultural heritage paper-cutting, Yi embroidery handbag and other well-known handicrafts; Heilongjiang, Anhui, Shanghai, and Guangdong have arranged local specialties such as Beidahuang hazelnuts, Qimen black tea, Xiaojiao pear soup, and Xinhui small green mandarins, hoping that overseas Chinese can experience the taste of their hometown ...... between their lips and teeth
The picture shows the representative items in the "New Year Warm Heart Pack" prepared in various places.
Harbin is a well-deserved "top-stream" Internet celebrity for domestic travel this winter. The heart-warming buns from "Erbin" also gave away Northeast specialty snacks - hazelnuts and pine nuts. "We understood the needs of overseas Chinese and chose Tohoku specialties that are light and easy to preserve. Heilongjiang Provincial staff said, "Regardless of the motherland, nuts have firmly occupied an indispensable place in the Spring Festival fruit bowl, and I hope that these Northeast flavors can add some 'New Year's flavor' to the table of overseas Chinese." ”
The picture shows the "New Year Warm Heart Pack" in Heilongjiang Province recently started.
Fujian Province has participated in the "New Year Warm Heart Pack" activity for many times, and the warm heart bag every year is deeply loved by overseas Chinese. "This year, we combined Dehua white porcelain with Fujian's 'Fu' culture, customized a set of Baifu cups, and invited local calligraphers to create the word 'Fu' and couplets, sending good wishes from the 'blessed land' to overseas Chinese. Fujian Provincial staff introduced.
The heart-warming bags prepared by Sichuan Province include cute panda dolls, panda thermos cups and handbags that integrate Shu embroidery, Sichuan cuisine, Sichuan opera and other Bashu elements. "Giant pandas have many fans at home and abroad, and we have added panda elements to the warm heart bag to carry the warm enthusiasm for overseas Chinese. Sichuan Provincial Staff said.
The items in the Warm Heart Pack contain rich cultural connotations, both ornamental and practical. "Hubei Provincial staff said that this year, Hubei specialties with unique ethnic characteristics have been prepared: Laifeng lacquer chopsticks, made of wood or Nanzhu with golden silk tung oil, Lichuan dam lacquer, shells and other materials from Laifeng County, Hubei Province, making the chopsticks necessary for Chinese's daily diet into a pleasing work of art; The Xilankapu scarves and umbrellas, which have the title of "Tujia Flower", can keep out the cold in winter and the rain in summer, and decorate the lives of overseas Chinese with the brocade patterns that the Tujia people are proud of.
Tianjin staff said: "The Yangliu Youth Painting we sent last year was very popular in Suriname, setting off a new round of 'Chinese fever'. This year, we specially invited 200 craftsmen and craftsmen to prepare 3,000 Yangliu youth paintings in one go! Because the countries sent are all in the tropics, the theme of the New Year's painting was "Four Seasons of Flowers". ”
For the first time this year, Anhui Province participated in the "New Year Warm Heart Pack" activity, choosing Qimen black tea, intangible cultural heritage window flowers, etc., and the well-designed Spring Festival couplets also incorporated Anhui elements such as Qiyun Mountain and Xin'an River. "I hope that the warm heart bag will send warmth and blessings to overseas travelers, and also send a strong hometown New Year's flavor. Anhui Provincial staff said.
Hebei Province has selected the national intangible cultural heritage Quyang Ding porcelain tea cup and Wuqiang New Year paintings, which not only reflect the elements of the "Spring Festival", but also have Hebei characteristics. Quyang Ding porcelain tea cup is the work of Chen Wenzeng, the representative inheritor of firing skills, which follows the ancient Ding porcelain firing skills and is well-made; The theme of Wu Qiang's New Year's paintings is "Blessing the God of Wealth", "More than Years in a Row", and "Whipping the Door God", which is lifelike and colorful.
Chongqing has prepared a comb symbolizing "a comb of Baishun" and a silk scarf of a winged bird that means auspiciousness and beauty, and organized the activity of "I add a 'blessing' to overseas Chinese", calling on folk calligraphy artists to handwrite more than 6,000 pieces of "Fu" and send them together with the warm heart bag to convey the care and concern for overseas Chinese.
The picture shows the launching ceremony of the "New Year Warm Heart Pack" in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region held recently.
The picture shows the launching ceremony of the "New Year Warm Heart Pack" in Yunnan Province held recently.
At present, the warm heart bags prepared by various places have been sent overseas one after another, and this heart and concern from the hometown will be sent to overseas Chinese during the Lunar New Year by the embassies and consulates abroad in conjunction with the local overseas Chinese groups.
*:* new language (tongzhanxinyu).