Paris, Feb. 24 (Xinhua) -- On the eve of the Lantern Festival in the Year of the Dragon, on the evening of the 23rd local time, the Chinese Cultural Center in Paris held the "Hello! China's "Yu Garden Lantern Festival Food Night" activity, where many spectators enjoy colorful lantern displays, folk music performances, and traditional Chinese snacks.
2024 marks the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and France and the Sino-French Year of Culture and Tourism. As one of the 2024 Sino-French high-quality people-to-people exchange activities, the French Yu Garden Lantern Festival is open to the public from December 15, 2023 to February 25, 2024. This is the first trip to the sea of the National Intangible Cultural Heritage Yu Garden Lantern Festival, which is held in the Paris Style Garden, a popular local entertainment venue with a history of more than 100 years.
This is the "Mountains and Seas with Spirits" French Yu Garden Lantern Festival taken on January 31 in the Paris Style Garden in France. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Zhang Baihui The "Yu Garden Lantern Festival Food Night" aims to let local people understand the culture of the Lantern Festival, show the charm of traditional Chinese festivals, and witness the wonderful bloom of Sino-French cultural exchanges in the winter night of Paris. 60 large-scale lantern groups and more than 2,000 lanterns are in the shape of the zodiac dragon in 2024 and various mythical beasts full of mystery and imagination in the "Classic of Mountains and Seas", with the help of unique traditional intangible cultural heritage crafts, new technologies and new materials, to create a dreamy wonderland of "between the mountains and the sea, free and spiritual".
Leaving the ancient fantasy scrolls and stepping into the fireworks market, you will find a dazzling array of traditional Chinese snacks. Xiao Long Bao, rock sugar gourd, handmade knife-cut noodles and other delicacies are mouth-watering, and there is an endless stream of tourists who come and go to taste them.
On February 23, the ** home of the Chinese Cultural Center in Paris performed in the Paris Style Garden. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Yang Chao That night, five members of the Chinese Cultural Center jointly presented a folk music performance. Instruments such as the guzheng, pipa, erhu and accordion combine Chinese and Western instruments to create a variety of musical styles, ranging from lively and jubilant Chinese New Year repertoire to simple and fresh folk songs, which take the audience on a journey through China with a series of musical notes.
Qu Xing, Deputy Director-General of UNESCO, told Xinhua News Agency that he believed that this high-level performance would allow the French guests present to have a deeper understanding of China, and that the event was of special significance in the context of the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and France.
This show is one of a kind.
Second, it is fascinating. Joséana Gord, deputy mayor of the 7th arrondissement of Paris, said that she hoped that in the next 60 years, Sino-French relations will continue to deepen and blossom in the fields of culture, tourism and **. (Reporters: Luo Yu, Zhang Baihui, Xing Jianqiao, Qiao Benxiao; Editor: Wang Kewen; Editors: Wang Kewen, Cheng Dayu, Liang Shanggang, Indifferent).