"Receiving 'blessings' in **? "Blessing is here, I wish you all a lot of good luck in the Year of the Dragon......"On the 10th, on the morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year, there was a long queue of tourists at the gate of the Harbin Confucian Temple. Many citizens and tourists brought their families or invited friends to happily walk into the museum and participate in the activities of "Ascending the Dragon Gate to Receive the Word 'Fu'" and "Sending Auspiciousness with Ink Rhyme - Harbin Confucian Temple Seeking Dragon Blessing in the Year of the Dragon" to get a good fortune for the New Year!
Receive the word "Fu".
In the quiet and elegant ancient building of the Harbin Confucian Temple, the red lights are hung high, full of peaceful and festive atmosphere, adding a strong traditional cultural flavor to the coming Year of the Dragon.
In the lively courtyard area, the "dragon seekers" of "dragon hunting" can be seen everywhere in the buildings and exhibition halls. Painted, Danma, Spine Beast ......The dragon under the camera, or mighty and domineering, is in a sky-high posture, flying in the clouds; or meander up, head high, straight to the sky; Or cute, smart and playful, double dragons playing with pearls.
Tourists took out their mobile phones to take pictures, and sent "Harbin Confucian Temple Dragon Year Hunting Dragon Blessing" and 6 dragon element pictures in the circle of friends with great interest, recording the longing and yearning for the New Year, and also harvested the Year of the Dragon blessing sign and dragon seal postcard carefully prepared by the Confucian Temple, and opened a wonderful cultural feast in the fun experience and interaction of dragon viewing, dragon appreciation, and dragon hunting.
Greetings for the Year of the Dragon for tourists and citizens.
According to reports, the Harbin Confucian Temple's "Ascending the Dragon Gate" activity is a traditional cultural experience with auspicious meanings, which originates from the ceremonial activities held by ancient Chinese scholars in the Confucian Temple. In ancient times, those who passed the imperial examination were called "Denglongmen", and only those who won the examination were qualified to walk on the bridge of the Confucian Temple. In some places, after the scholar lifts people in the examination, he will also hang the lantern on the Pan Bridge, and take the homonym of "Denglongmen" with "Lantern Gate", hoping that the examination will go smoothly. During the Spring Festival, lighting and hanging lamps at the Temple of Literature not only means reunion and celebration, but also means wisdom, bright and smooth future.
It is understood that on Chinese New Year's Eve and the first day of the new year, the Harbin Temple of Literature sent out more than 500 copies of the word "Fu" and more than 500 copies of the Year of the Dragon blessing signature and dragon seal postcard.
Distribution of Year of the Dragon greeting stickers and dragon seal postcards.
It is also reported that during the Spring Festival holiday, in order to better meet the needs of the audience, the Harbin Confucian Temple gave full play to the unique platform advantages of the museum, deeply excavated the essence and connotation of the excellent traditional Chinese culture, and on the basis of not closing the museum and extending the opening hours, with the theme of "Dragon", it created more than 20 exhibitions and social education activities with temperature, New Year's flavor and quality, leading the audience to feel the festive atmosphere of the Chinese New Year and feel the charm of the excellent traditional Chinese culture.
*Courtesy of Heilongjiang Provincial Museum of Nationalities).
Reporter: Dong Yunping; Photo: Dong Yunping.