The world celebrates the Chinese New Year together, showing the charm of the Spring Festival culture
Chinese reunion year, heart-warming, bringing happiness to thousands of families
Welcoming the spring and receiving blessings is a Chinese Spring Festival custom. The word "Fu" carries the Chinese people's yearning for a better life. In recent years, many of General Secretary Xi Jinping's heartfelt words have expressed our pursuit of happiness. As the Spring Festival of the Year of the Snake approaches, let's review it together.
With the Chinese Spring Festival successfully included in the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage List, many countries held colorful activities to celebrate the Spring Festival, showing the cultural charm and contemporary significance of the Spring Festival.
The first Spring Festival Fireworks Celebration was held in Toronto, Canada
The first Spring Festival Fireworks Celebration in Canada was held in Toronto recently. As the first Spring Festival after the successful application for World Heritage, the fireworks celebration attracted tens of thousands of citizens with gorgeous fireworks and ice skating performances.
Toronto citizen Max: This is cultural diversity. We all live on the same land. Fireworks, love China, and say hello to all of you.
In addition to the fireworks, the ice show also made the Toronto Spring Festival event more Canadian.
Skating team coach Brittany: Actually, I have been interested in it (Chinese New Year) since I was a child, so this is really exciting. I have been to China, to Beijing, and to Macau. I am very happy that our team can participate (in the ice show) this year. All the celebrations here are great and really exciting.
Kyoto, Japan holds the "Happy Chinese New Year·Fuman Wanfu" event
The "Happy Spring Festival·Full of Blessings" event was recently held in Kyoto, Japan. Through a variety of activities such as writing the word "Fu", guessing lantern riddles, kicking a ball, throwing rings, and tasting dumplings and glutinous rice balls, the guests were able to immerse themselves in the unique charm of the Chinese Spring Festival.
Japanese people: Through such activities, we Japanese people can get in touch with Chinese culture and interact with Chinese people. It can make people from all over the world interact with each other in a friendly manner. I think more such activities should be carried out.
Suriname Presidential Palace holds a party to celebrate the successful application of Chinese Spring Festival for World Heritage
The New Year's Eve party "Celebrating the Successful Application of Chinese Spring Festival for World Heritage" was held at the Suriname Presidential Palace recently. Suriname President Santogi and more than 500 guests from all walks of life celebrated the New Year together.
As the first country in the Western Hemisphere to list the Spring Festival as a legal holiday, Suriname holds rich and colorful celebrations during the Spring Festival every year, further promoting cultural exchanges and friendship between China and Suriname.