◆ Qiao Ju, a reporter of the Japanese Overseas Chinese Daily
Han Mo Liu Xiang welcomed the spring, and Yin Hu was new to Rui Vientiane. On January 18th, Tokyo Toranomon, the "2022 Spring Festival Blessing Exhibition" co-sponsored by the Japanese Chinese Spring Greeting Blessing Implementation Committee and the Tokyo Chinese Cultural Center reopened with the attention and support of friends from all walks of life in China and Japan.
The Spring Festival is the most important traditional festival of the Chinese nation, and it is also a day of reunion and reunion between the old and the new. In order to welcome the Yinhu New Year, and also to send good wishes to the Beijing Winter Olympic and Winter Paralympic Games that opened on February 4, the Japanese Chinese Spring Blessing Implementation Committee broke through many difficulties and insisted on holding the "2022 Spring Festival Blessing Exhibition" under the condition of strict epidemic prevention. It is understood that this year is already the sixth edition of the event.
Shimizu Seto, Chairman of the Japan-China Association, Toshiaki Watanabe, Member of the Sagamihara City Council of the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan, Masahito Tokito, Director of the Sankei International Book Club, Yusuke Kusatsu, Professor of toroku University of Liberal Arts, Takanobu Ozaki, President of the Japan-China Friendship Association of Tokyo, Kawa Fan-Tsui, Director of the Sankei International Book Club, Wang Wei, Director of the Chinese Tourism Office in Tokyo, Jin Ou, Chairman of the Japan Chinese Humanities Association, Li Wenpei, President of the Japan Chinese Movement Association, Gao Xiaofei, Chairman of the All Japan Chinese Calligraphers Association, Andra Min, President of the Japan Chinese Artists Association, More than 80 guests, including Lin Li, president of the Zhejiang Chamber of Commerce of Japan, Ryuichi Gao Yuan, president of the Japan Shanxi Chamber of Commerce, and representatives from all walks of life and friendly people from All walks of life in China and Japan attended the opening ceremony.
Luo Yuquan, director of the Chinese Cultural Center in Tokyo, first took the stage to speak, and on behalf of the organizers, he welcomed and thanked the guests. He said that in the past 2021, the Tokyo Chinese Cultural Center has jointly held 108 colorful online and offline activities with the Chinese Embassy in Japan, a number of Japanese friendship groups, and representatives of Overseas Chinese in Japan, and other friendly people from all walks of life, and Sino-Japanese cultural exchanges have built a high-quality platform. This year marks the 50th anniversary of the normalization of diplomatic relations between China and Japan, and the Chinese Cultural Center in Tokyo will take the Beijing Winter Olympics as an opportunity to continue to work with all walks of life in Japan to promote the development of Sino-Japanese friendship by carrying out more interactive and interesting cultural exchange activities. Luo Yuquan went on to point out that this "Spring Greetings and Blessings" theme exhibition has been successfully held for the sixth time, and new content and procedures will be added to the exhibition every year, which can always bring surprises and expectations to the chinese and Japanese people, and wish this theme exhibition to be better and better. Let me also take the opportunity of the exhibition to wish the guests a family reunion and wish the Beijing Winter Olympics a complete success.
Immediately afterward, Jin Ou, chairman of the Japan Chinese Humanities Federation, took the stage to deliver a speech, officially kicking off the "2022 Spring Festival Blessing Exhibition". He said that it is a great honor and gratification for everyone to be able to gather here and use calligraphy as a medium to welcome the New Year together. The Overseas Chinese in Japan will always have their hearts set on the motherland and will do their utmost to contribute their modest efforts to the great cause of the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation and the spread of traditional Chinese culture overseas.
Kiyomizu Seto, chairman of the Japan-China Association, delivered a speech on behalf of the Japanese side, because of his work relationship, he has been stationed in China for many years, and as a result, he has been able to spend many Spring Festivals in China. Chinese have special feelings for the Spring Festival, which means that no matter where you are, your heart must be running in the direction of home. Here, I would like to give you a good morning and wish this exhibition a complete success.
Subsequently, more than 20 Chinese and Japanese calligraphers joined hands on the stage, and they splashed ink on the spot to send "blessings" to Chinese and Japanese friends for the New Year. The guests and calligraphers held the blessing characters in their hands and shouted together, "We are in Tokyo, Japan, and wish all chinese sons and daughters a good Year of the Tiger!" Beijing Winter Olympics, together to the future! Words of blessing. All of this has been recorded by video and has become a perfect footnote in the history of Sino-Japanese cultural exchanges.
More than 50 Overseas Chinese in Japan have created more than 100 Spring Festivals in particular, and Chinese and Japanese children have written 50 works of "Fu" with full enthusiasm, warming up for this event in advance. These works are displayed in the exhibition hall of the Chinese Cultural Center in Tokyo, setting off the atmosphere of the event site in a festive and cordial way, warm and auspicious. These works, while fully demonstrating the rich connotation of Chinese culture and the unique charm of Chinese calligraphy art, also convey the writer's deep thoughts about the motherland and good wishes for relatives and friends in China and Japan.
In order to create a festive Spring Festival atmosphere, the event site hung red lanterns and Chinese knots with auspicious meanings, and the organizers thoughtfully prepared a small gift box for the guests of the Spring Festival special food - "Colorful Dumplings". On the day of the opening ceremony, interactive links such as "Guessing Lantern Riddles with Prizes" and "Chinese Products Lottery" were also added, and the "Happy Spring Festival" and "Winter Olympics" gift packages provided by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of China brought surprises to the lucky winners.
The Cultural Office of the Chinese Embassy in Japan, the Chinese Tourism Office in Tokyo, the Japan-China Association, the Sankei International Book Club, the Japan Chinese Humanities Association, the All Japan Chinese Calligraphers Association, the Japanese Chinese Artists Association, the Japan Zhejiang General Chamber of Commerce, the Japan Shanxi General Chamber of Commerce, the Asia Pacific Tourism Agency and other institutions served as the support for the event. The Sankei Shimbun, people's daily overseas edition of the Japanese monthly magazine, Japan's New Overseas Chinese News Agency and other media provided strong support for the event. Guizhou Moutai Wine, Zanglongtai Sauce Wine, Tsingtao Beer, Guyue Longshan, Hongfu Dumplings, Cheng Cheng Hu Nian Mask, Zi Slow Tea Xuan and other enterprises and institutions provided sponsorship for the event.
It is reported that this exhibition will successively open the curtain of the 2022 "Happy Spring Festival" series of activities of the Tokyo Chinese Cultural Center. This year's "Spring Festival and Blessings" theme exhibition was originally scheduled to last until January 21, at the request of the majority of overseas Chinese in Japan and Japanese friends, is now extended to February 2, welcome people from all walks of life to come to experience, look forward to bringing compatriots in Japan and Japanese friends a heart-warming Spring Festival.