Sichuan News, February 2 (Tang Qian) On the evening of February 2, a giant dragon more than 300 meters long appeared in Xinjin Tianfu Agricultural Expo Park. The dragon is majestic and mighty, made of fiery red lanterns, festive and auspicious, and shining.
Lantern "Dragon". (Photo courtesy of Tianfu Agricultural Expo Park).
Under the reflection of the dragon, the long street banquet with unique Xinjin characteristics was launched here. Tourists eat hot pot around the bonfire and taste the special fish head hot pot that concentrates the taste of Xinjin. Of course, the "Nine Bowls" with Sichuan flavor characteristics are also indispensable, such as spicy chicken, steamed grains, red soup and yellow spicy dice, salty roasted white, Sichuan fragrant bowl, rake vegetables, steamed beef, snow bean hoof flower soup, steamed crispy steak and other dishes. Hundreds of people gathered in the long street banquet, like a long dragon, with the sound of gongs and drums, lion dance, and the Spring Festival in the atmosphere of fireworks.
As one of the birthplaces of ancient Shu civilization, through the intake of various dragon elements, more people can understand the history, culture, customs and characteristics of Xinjin, and at the same time, tourists can also experience a strong Spring Festival atmosphere. According to the relevant person in charge of Tianfu Agricultural Expo Park, this year's Xinjin Spring Festival series of Spring Festival activities in the Year of the Dragon opened in Tianfu Agricultural Expo Park, which aims to enrich the cultural life of citizens and tourists during the festival, jointly promote the building of Chengdu's Spring Festival cultural tourism brand, promote the prosperity and development of Chengdu's Spring Festival cultural tourism consumer market, and celebrate a beautiful and happy year.
In order to create a richer atmosphere of New Year's flavor, Xinjin will also set up a variety of folk activities at cultural landmarks and online celebrity check-in places. In addition to striking iron flowers, it also includes a variety of lantern parades, stilt parades, Shehuo Yangge, Sichuan opera flash mobs, lantern riddles, etc., which can be called the New Year's Awards. There is also a New Year's street for tourists to experience the retro New Year's market, participate in the first game, and meet the consumption needs of tourists.
In Xinjin, you can enjoy the fish lanterns on the second day of the Lunar New Year, the mighty fish lantern parade is vivid, and the dance postures such as "carp swinging tail", "double fish competing for food" and "fish jumping over the dragon gate" are all the way to make the streets and alleys shine. On the third day of the Lunar New Year, you can step on stilts, the stilt parade can be described as the finale of the New Year's Festival, experience the charm of traditional art in the "thrilling, dangerous, strange, unique, beautiful", and see the stilt performers stepping on the high wooden legs like walking on the ground, walking fast like flowing water, I have to be amazed by this.
Long Street Banquet. (Photo courtesy of Tianfu Agricultural Expo Park).
On the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, the Yangge is staged, which is an indispensable program during the New Year's Festival, as a form of social fire, the actors are dressed in festive costumes and twist Yangge with cheerful and enthusiastic songs, which is festive and peaceful. The dragon dance can be described as one of the classic folk customs of the Chinese nation, and it is an intangible cultural heritage that has been inherited for thousands of years. As the Year of the Dragon is approaching, enjoying the dragon dance can be described as a joy and joy, experiencing the prosperous weather of the Year of the Dragon in the performance, appreciating the treasures of folk customs, and looking forward to the coming year.
In order to meet the needs of family, parent-child, family-based tourism and leisure, Xinjin has specially launched 8 parent-child fun events, including the farm goose competition, the city wall construction competition, the mascot obstacle run, etc., in the competition of strength and wisdom, a number of families compete together in the ancient Shu wrestling king competition, and share the joy of the Spring Festival and holidays. In addition, you can also participate in activities such as children's drama performances, pot throwing polaroids, guessing lantern riddles, bamboo weaving DIY, and Menghua Fengya Hanfu Day.
During the Spring Festival, Banzhulin's first Taiwan Food New Year's Festival was launched simultaneously in Xinjin Baodun. A variety of Taiwanese snacks will be launched on the spot to create a strong New Year's atmosphere with compatriots on both sides of the strait, enhance cross-strait cultural exchanges, and celebrate the New Year. In addition, eight different theme activities, such as writing blessing characters, making lanterns, guessing lantern riddles, kicking and bowing, customizing Fulong seals, experiencing archery, picking vegetables and fruits, and making dumplings, allow tourists to understand the cultural connotation of the ancient Shu year in an all-round way from the first day to the eighth day of the new year, feel the richness and colorfulness of the ancient Shu year, and appreciate the unique charm of the ancient Shu New Year. (ENDS).