When the flowers bloom in Lingnan, enjoy the Cantonese rhyme

Mondo Culture Updated on 2024-02-09

Reporter Hu Jian, He Linping, and Hong Qiuting.

The 2024 Shenzhen Spring Festival Flower Market recently opened on Aiguo Road, Luohu District, Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, attracting many citizens and tourists to enjoy the flowers, shop and feel the strong festive atmosphere. The picture shows citizens choosing knitted "Awakening Dragon" dolls at the flower market. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Mao Siqian.

The Spring Festival of the Year of the Dragon is about to begin, and a series of eye-catching cultural and tourism-themed activities continue to "go out of the circle" in the Chimelong Tourist Resort in Zhuhai, Guangdong, presenting a colorful New Year's feast for tourists from all over the world and even from all over the world. Fireworks roared and people were buzzing. Mr. Leng from East China said, "Guangdong has a Spring Festival atmosphere, and the early warm-up like Chimelong is already full of heat, and our family is very happy!" ”

Pleasure Park Watch the big play.

As the saying goes, "enjoy Cantonese opera on the twenty-seventh day of the lunar month". "New Year's Drama" is a traditional program of the Spring Festival in Guangdong. From the third day of the Lunar New Year to the eighth day of the Lunar New Year, the Guangdong Cantonese Opera Company will stage big operas every day, with Ding Fan, Zeng Xiaomin, Jiang Wenduan, Peng Qinghua, Wen Ruqing and other famous and new talents taking turns on the stage, bringing the ultimate Cantonese opera experience to visitors.

In addition to allowing tourists to enjoy a play, a series of national Lingnan cultural and artistic feasts, such as New Year performances, special exhibitions, and garden and temple fairs, show the thickness of Guangdong culture and the temperature of humanity. The "Enjoy the New Year" New Year's ** appreciation meeting held in the Zhongshan Library of Guangdong Province created an immersive three-dimensional reading scene in the form of "** guided tour + American text guide". At the 2024 Spring Festival series of activities of the Guangdong Provincial Museum, citizens and tourists can experience activities such as winning blind boxes, reading Maolong, making new clothes, printing prints, rubbing decorations, collecting stamps, sending ruyi, and making hairpins. Young tourists may like to go to the "2024 Jiachen Year of the Dragon Happy Lantern Festival - The Second Shenzhen Intangible Cultural Heritage Temple Fair", and they can carry out a "treasure hunt" for Jiugongge check-in. The Zodiac Garden Party will be held at the Zhenhailou Square of the Guangzhou Museum, where visitors can experience a cultural garden party themed by the Chinese zodiac.

During the Spring Festival holiday, Xiqiao Town, Nanhai District, Foshan City, will hold a lion king parade out of the mountain, at that time, the world's "lion king" will continue to "sit" in the Xiqiao Mountain archway, with dynamic lights, more New Year's flavor; In the Foshan Ancestral Temple Museum, a "Southern Woodblock New Year Painting Exhibition" of more than 100 New Year paintings brings visitors the unique charm of Southern New Year paintings, including Taohuawu in Suzhou, Mianzhu in Sichuan, Foshan in Guangdong, and Tantou in Hunan.

Appreciating intangible cultural heritage and folklore.

Folk say, "Walking through the flower street to celebrate the New Year". Happy phalaenopsis, auspicious oranges, and Pepsi lilies ......On the twenty-seventh day of the lunar month, the Yuexiu West Lake Flower Market with the theme of "Ancient Yue and Jinxiu, Maritime Silk Flowers Blooming" was grandly opened. Xinghua Street is to visit the Spring Festival Flower Market, which is the largest folk activity on the eve of the Spring Festival in Guangfu area. The Guangfu area has long sunshine hours, abundant rainfall, evergreen all year round, known as the "flower city", because people love flowers and plant flowers, so there is a flower market that specializes in buying and selling flowers. After the founding of New China, the customs of Xinghua Street continued unabated, and the time was gradually fixed at night from the 28th to the 30th night of the Chinese New Year's Eve.

In addition to Xinghua Street, the intangible cultural heritage folk activities in many places in Guangdong are also wonderful, which not only bring the return of the traditional New Year's flavor, but also add a touch of ancient charm to the Spring Festival holiday. Approaching the Spring Festival, the Puning Nanshan Singing Team in Jieyang City is busy again. Yingge, also known as "Eagle Song", "Parrot Brother", "Singing Yingge" or "Yangge", is a kind of folk square dance that integrates dance, Nanquan routine, and opera acting, which is popular in eastern Guangdong, Fujian and other places, and has the meaning of praising heroes. In 2006, Puning Yingge was included in the list of representative items of national intangible cultural heritage.

In the Calyx Building of Lianfeng Village, Dadong Town, Dapu County, Meizhou City, tourists can experience the characteristic folk activities of Hakka culture, "Calyx House Prayer", "Incense" and "Knock", the sound of gongs and drums, firecrackers and laughter are intertwined. Maoming Huazhou block also held a national intangible cultural heritage project jumping flower shed tour, also known as "jumping flowers", originated from the primitive society totem worship of the sacrificial ceremony, the performers wear traditional costumes, wear strange masks, dance briskly, express the joy of "driving away evil and eliminating evil, things and people's peace".

Taste the food and enjoy the waves.

When you come to Guangdong for the Chinese New Year, it is not only the warm sun and flowers that warm people's hearts, but also the rich food experience. Pantang Road, Liwan District, Guangzhou, with a total length of only more than 400 meters, is the most representative gathering place for Xiguan cuisine in Guangzhou. Guangzhou Beijing Road Commercial Pedestrian Street is also a famous food street. There are many delicacies that can be tasted here, such as rice rolls, beef offal, prawns, stews, desserts, and roast pigeon. Waisha goose noodles, Dahao fish ball shop, Didu crab porridge, Long** foot rice, Chaoshan fried duck rice, fried goose rice, casserole porridge, pork belly soup, white porridge cold ......A wide variety of Chaoshan dishes can be found in Shantou Zhujiang Road Food Street. This street is dotted with all kinds of restaurants, with all kinds of northern and southern flavors, and it is a must-visit spot for many diners.

In addition to food, when you come to Guangdong for the Spring Festival, how can you miss the romance of the sea?

Nan'ao Island, located in the Nan'ao Island Tourist Area of Nan'ao County, Shantou City, is the only island county in Guangdong. The scenery of lighthouses such as Changshanwei Ferry Lighthouse, Qian'ao Bay Lightpost, and Sanyanya Lighthouse is full of romance and poetry, and the seafood is also rich and diverse. Xunliao Bay, known for its "strange clear water, strange white sand and strange stone beauty", is located in Jinhaiwan Avenue, Huidong County, Huizhou City, with clear sea water and beautiful reefs, and you can also experience the unique fishing song culture and Mazu culture. Hailing Island, rated as one of the "Top Ten Most Beautiful Islands in China" by China National Geographic magazine, is located at No. 38, Haibin Road, Zhapo Town, Jiangcheng District, Yangjiang City.

Chunrui Lingnan, the years are glorious. Guangdong sincerely invites the people of the whole country to "go to Guangdong for the New Year" and look for a different flavor of the New Year in the southern country.

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