Xinmin Evening News (Reporter Song Ninghua) makes puffs, cakes, dumplings, lanterns, hairpins, and dough ......Yesterday, a series of activities with the theme of "Workers Welcome the Year of the Dragon and Lantern Festival" in the Pudong New Area Workers' Cultural Palace debuted, and nearly 20 wonderful activities accompanied Pudong workers to celebrate the Lantern Festival.
Caption: The Pudong New Area Workers' Cultural Palace held a series of activities with the theme of "Workers Welcome the Year of the Dragon and Celebrate the Lantern Festival". Photo courtesy of the organizer.
On the day of the Lantern Festival, there was a surge of people in the Cultural Palace, and nearly 500 employees participated in four major activities in various functional areas: Hebu "Dragon" mouth food, Qile "Dragon Dragon" play, "Dragon" sound interaction, and Wan "City" Xing "Dragon" Market. Among them, in the staff lecture hall, employees can make Chinese rice balls, Lantern Festival coffee, etc., and can also participate in the new improvisational comedy experience; At the lantern riddle garden party, people experienced intangible cultural heritage items such as guessing lantern riddles, paper cutting, dough sculpture, Chinese knots, sugar paintings, bamboo lanterns, as well as traditional games such as hopscotch, throwing sandbags, scooping dumplings, and absorbing blessings.
It is reported that the 300 lantern riddles produced by the lantern riddle garden party contain many aspects such as the New Year, encyclopedia, folk customs, etc., and are the original "customized models" specially designed by the Shanghai Staff Lantern Riddle Association for the Year of the Dragon. The on-site employees actively participated, and once they had the answers, they immediately took off the riddles, lined up excitedly to find the staff to check the answers, and experienced the traditional culture in the wisdom competition.
At the event site, the new improvisational comedy was also welcomed by the audience, and the employees were no longer just spectators, but could also interact with the comedians on stage, participate in the performance, and celebrate the Lantern Festival in laughter.
Since 2024, the Pudong Cultural Palace has carried out 100 New Year-themed series of activities, serving a total of 9,600 employees. The relevant person in charge of the Pudong trade union said that in the new year, the Pudong New Area Federation of Trade Unions will continue to respond to the diversified, multi-level and multi-faceted spiritual and cultural needs of the workers, adhere to the concept of "a school for employees to grow and become talents, a stage for innovation and creation, a spiritual and cultural home, and a harbor for healthy life", actively integrate into the public cultural service system, and bring more colorful activities to Pudong employees.