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Mondo Finance Updated on 2024-02-07

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The twenty-fourth day of the year (the twenty-fourth day of the lunar month, this year's Gregorian calendar is February 3), 'open oil wok' (pray for many happy events in the new year);Twenty-eight years old, 'wash sloppy' (sweeping);Chinese New Year's Eve, 'Xinghua Street' (Shopping Flower Street) ......Guangzhou people pay attention to the "Yitou" during the New Year, and the "Yitou" builds a sense of ritual for the New Year. When the familiar proverb of the "old Guang" sounded, the flavor of the year became stronger.

On the eve of the Chinese New Year, young people from Hong Kong, Macao and Guangzhou gathered at Beijing Road in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province to experience the traditional culture of Cantonese among young people from Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao.

There are many intangible cultural heritages in the customs of Cantonese New Year, such as 'Xinghua Street', as a traditional folk custom in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, has been included in the fifth batch of national intangible cultural heritage representative items, and the paper-cutting I brought is also a treasure of Lingnan culture and art, Guangdong paper-cutting was included in the list of national intangible cultural heritage representative items in 2006. Lian Xiaohong, the inheritor of Guangzhou paper-cutting, explained the folk customs of "Xinghua Street" and the paper-cutting culture of Guangzhou in an easy-to-understand way, and the young people present listened with relish, and raised their hands from time to time to ask: "When did Guangzhou paper-cutting originate?" "How did Guangzhou paper-cutting develop from ancient times to the present? ”

In front of the paper-cutting table, teenagers from Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao picked up the scissors in their hands, exerted their creativity, and felt the charm of intangible cultural heritage culture at zero distance in the hands-on production and brain-based innovation.

This Chinese dragon paper cut of mine is beautiful. Guan from Macau said that Guangzhou paper-cutting has been a carrier of Cantonese culture for more than 500 years, and through the activity, he has a better understanding of Cantonese culture, "When I return to Macao, I will teach my classmates to make 'Chinese dragon' paper-cuts together, and tell them that they have the opportunity to visit the West Lake Flower Market and Cantonese temple fair."

What kind of folk customs are there for the Chinese New Year in your hometown? Faced with this topic, the teenagers have opened up the conversation box and shared the traditional culture of their hometown with their friends.

Liu, a student from Peizheng Middle School in Guangzhou, said: "Every year during the Chinese New Year, my family has to buy New Year's flowers, grandma said that New Year's flowers represent good 'intentions', kumquat means 'good fortune', peach blossoms mean 'grand exhibition', orchids mean 'wishes come true', and *fruit means 'family peace'." Chen, a student from Hong Kong, continued, "There is also a custom of buying New Year flowers in Hong Kong, and the elders will also offer incense to pray for a safe and prosperous new year." Long, a student from Macau, said, "After listening to everyone's sharing, I feel very familiar and cordial, and there are also customs of thanksgiving stoves, keeping the New Year, and visiting the flower market during the Chinese New Year in Macao. ”

Through activities like today, young people have learned that the three places have the same roots and common cultures, and further deepened their understanding and recognition of Lingnan culture and Cantonese culture. Zhou Yuduo, a social worker for youth affairs, said.

Some experts believe that the cultures of Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao have the same roots. The most important thing to carry forward the tradition is to keep the integrity and inheritance, and then there is innovation and development. The inheritance of New Year's customs requires the older generation to constantly tell young people, and then revitalize traditional New Year's customs with the help of the Internet, intangible cultural heritage development, animation elements, etc.

Guangfu New Year Customs is a representative item of intangible cultural heritage in Yuexiu District, Guangzhou. As one of the series of activities of "Taste of Cantonese in Intangible Cultural Heritage", Yuexiu District has created a series of activities called "Taste of Cantonese in Intangible Cultural Heritage" to experience traditional folk customs, find the flavor of Cantonese New Year, explore intangible cultural heritage treasures, and build a platform for youth exchanges in Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao. The common cultural memory, folk customs and many precious cultural heritages have made the young people in the Bay Area feel the integration of Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao. (Cai Minjie).

People** Overseas Edition (2024-02-07 Edition 04).

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