Not long ago, the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution by consensus to designate the Spring Festival (Lunar New Year) as a United Nations holiday.
In China, the Spring Festival is not only a day for family reunions, farewell to the old and welcome the new, but also carries the common values of all mankind, such as family harmony, social tolerance, and harmonious coexistence between man and nature. These values and ideas also warm foreign friends in China and promote exchanges and mutual learning among different civilizations in the world.
Lewei from North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, celebrated the Spring Festival in Xuchang, Henan Province this year. In 2019, Lewei came to China for the first time. Today, he has set up a company in Xuchang and has spent two Chinese New Year in China.
Le Wei said that in recent years, he truly feels that the Spring Festival is a day for every Chinese to reunite with their families. Young people who work and struggle outside the home, no matter how far away from their hometowns, will return to their parents during the Spring Festival, "choose to reunite with their relatives during the festival, share happiness, and pass on happiness." He said that the first Spring Festival was spent with colleagues in Xuchang, everyone had a dinner together and ate hot pot, and the Chinese friends around him also taught themselves to make dumplings and paste Spring Festival couplets; For the Spring Festival of 2023, Lewei chose to travel all over China. In Foshan, Guangdong, he was fascinated by the local dragon and lion dance performances.
In recent years, Lewei has found that more and more foreigners are interested in traditional Chinese culture. He believes that the Spring Festival culture, which attaches importance to family reunions and harmony between relatives and friends, is conducive to exchanges and mutual learning between different cultures. He is in constant contact with German and international friends to share his life in China. At the same time, he believes that no amount of description is better than coming to China to experience the charm of Chinese culture.
Le Wei introduced that at present, his two daughters are living in Germany and have their own families and children. Not long ago, China tried a unilateral visa-free policy for Germany, and they plan to come to China this year, when they will serve as a guide and lead their families to some places to experience Chinese culture.
This year's Chinese New Year has a special meaning for Natasha, a Frenchman living in China. "My youngest son and I are both dragons, and this year is our natal year. Before the Spring Festival, Natasha has purchased a large number of New Year's goods decorated with dragons, and decorated her house with Spring Festival couplets, Chinese knots, window flowers, etc., which the children like.
Natasha has lived in Shanghai for 11 years, and three years ago, she founded a skincare brand for children and families in Shanghai. Natasha's first Chinese New Year was spent in Hong Kong 13 years ago. Seeing the family get together and have a good time, Natasha felt the charm of the Chinese New Year for the first time - reunion and hope.
Since then, Natasha has not missed a Chinese New Year, even if she travels to other countries on vacation during the Chinese New Year, she will celebrate the Spring Festival in her own way. While there is no set ceremony, there is a unique experience every year. On some occasions, she would throw a big party at her home, inviting families from different backgrounds to exchange Chinese and French traditions and friendships.
The most memorable Spring Festival for Natasha was two years ago, when she and her family and friends went to Huangshan Mountain in Anhui Province on the first day of the Lunar New Year. At that time, most shops were closed. On the way to the mountain, they met several families who were having a picnic and were warmly invited by each other. When night falls, come to a quaint traditional village and have dinner with many families in a hotel to exchange food and drinks. Natasha was so excited that she forgot the fatigue of the day, and the warm hospitality of the Chinese and the rich atmosphere during the Spring Festival once again left her with indelible warm memories.
There are red spring couplets on the door, and there is a screen ......of nine fish in the living roomWalking into Mengta's home in Beijing's Changping District, you can see elements of traditional Chinese culture everywhere. Originally from Sudan, Monta has been teaching Arabic at an international school in Beijing. This year marks the 10th Spring Festival for Monta and his family in Beijing.
During the Spring Festival, we should eat dumplings, wear new clothes, hang red lanterns, prepare New Year's money for the children, and the Spring Festival Gala should be ...... together"From the bits and pieces of Spring Festival activities, we can all appreciate the importance that Chinese attach to family reunion and family harmony. Munta's wife, Fatima, was deeply touched, "The Spring Festival is a day for family reunions, and it is very warm to celebrate the Spring Festival in China. Not only that, but the warmth and friendliness of Chinese in daily life also warm us all the time. ”
Comprehensive reporting by reporters Zhang Wenhao, Huang Xiaohui, Song Chaojun, and Shi Fang).
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