Celebrate the Chinese New Year, taste the taste of China, and appreciate the beauty of China. The Chinese New Year is approaching, and the Beijing Dongcheng Cultural Development Research Institute and the "Middle School Current Affairs Newspaper" under the "Beijing Youth Daily" held a special "Cultural Lounge" activity. Invite primary and secondary school students from inside and outside Beijing who love intangible cultural heritage and traditional folk customs to walk into Dongcheng, China Railway Museum (Zhengyangmen Exhibition Hall), Cheap Square, and Pigment Hall to feel the cultural charm of "City of Museums", "City of Intangible Cultural Heritage" and "City of Drama", and ignite the lively atmosphere of the New Year.
Celebrate the Chinese New Year and welcome the New Year with a family reunion.
Celebrate the Chinese New Year and embark on the journey home. The Spring Festival is the most solemn and lively traditional festival in China, the taste of home, and the joy of reunion. The students walked into the former site of Zhengyangmen East Station of the Jingfeng Railway, located on the southeast side of Tiananmen Square, to learn about the history of changes from steam locomotives to EMUs, and to witness the rapid development of China's railway industry.
During the activity, the museum staff led the students to complete the "Fuxing" EMU model assembly, and gradually understand the various parts and technical characteristics of the "Fuxing" EMU in the process of building by hand. The longing for returning home during the Spring Festival is deeply rooted in the hearts of children with the development of high-speed rail technology.
Taste the taste of China, and the year of the incense of the oven is approaching.
Taste the taste of China and enjoy the delicacies of reunion. Last year, the broadcast of the cultural visit micro-documentary feature film "Lao Dan Walks to the East City" deeply excavated the cultural stories of eight points such as the cheap shop and the pigment hall, which triggered a wave of check-in craze in the east city.
Immerse yourself in the Xianyukou Food Street in the Qianmen area of Dongcheng District, listen to the old story of the roast duck in the oven at the cheap shop, watch the intangible cultural heritage skills up close, and feel the unique charm and time-honored spirit of this intangible cultural heritage. The roast duck in the oven of the cheap fang, which came from the canal and passed through 600 years of time, is the same age as the Forbidden City, witnessing the changes of the years, growing from south to north, and finally taking root in the capital.
On the day of the event, when the roast duck with good color, aroma and shape was served on the table, the children couldn't wait to taste the taste of 600 years ago and learn the protection, inheritance and innovation of this intangible cultural heritage skill in the food.
Appreciating the beauty of China, the Beijing accent and Beijing rhyme carved window flowers.
Appreciating the beauty of China and exploring intangible cultural heritage skills. Stroll through Qianmen Sanlihe Park, walk into the pigment hall that has gone through 400 years of wind, frost, rain and snow, tell the past, walk through the dust of history, find the beautiful scenery of the "Cultural Garden" in Dongcheng, and feel the charm of culture in the atmosphere of the New Year.
At the event site, Peking Opera teachers introduced familiar repertoire and vividly and meticulously described the trade, history and three characteristics of Peking Opera in a combination of questions and explanations, so that the children could form a concrete cognition of Peking Opera and understand the knowledge of the quintessence of Peking Opera. At the same time, he led the children to draw Peking Opera masks by themselves, and immersed themselves in the unique charm of traditional Chinese culture.
On the occasion of the New Year, the clan hall has also prepared a special experience activity of carving window flowers. Posting paper-cutting during the Spring Festival is an ancient Chinese folk tradition, and the cut-and-paste window flowers have the desire to say goodbye to the old and welcome the new. Under the guidance of the teacher, the children carefully carved their own window flowers, and the flavor of the New Year became stronger and stronger in the laughter.
As the new year begins, the institute will further build a platform for the promotion of cultural innovation and development, organize various cultural exchanges and linkages, explore more ways of cultural exchange and cooperation, and continue to launch the IP of "cultural parlor", so as to attract more people to enter Dongcheng, understand the past and present in a volume and page, and perceive the charm of culture step by step.
Photo: Propaganda Department of the District Party Committee, Beijing Dongcheng Cultural Development Research Institute.