At about 11:00 a.m. on January 25, when Aunt Fang, who lives near Hanguang Gate, was purchasing New Year goods passing through the South Gate, she couldn't help but stop and stop for a long time. "The mountains and rivers will be unharmed, and the people of Chang'an will be healthy; the years will always be new, and the bells will be blessed with blessings and drums." While using her mobile phone to freeze the magnificent pair of huge Spring Festivals, she read the cultural atmosphere contained in the black characters on a red background. "The epidemic is about to pass, and I want to bring home the full taste and blessings of the New Year here!" Aunt Fang said.
This day coincides with the 23rd year of the lunar month, and the four gates of the east, west, south and north of Xi'an "meet" to change into "spring" clothes to welcome the upcoming Year of Nongyin.
On January 25, Yongning Gate hung a huge Spring Festival to welcome the "Little Year".
Finish changing "makeup" before Chinese New Year's Eve
Sticking to the Spring Festival is a traditional mainland New Year custom, when a pair of Spring Festivals with a pair of blessings and blessings hangs on the tall city gate, the footsteps of the year are getting closer and closer.
Xi'an City Wall Global Spring Festival Celebration Activity, so that the Spring League, a very annual carrier and the city wall culture, have become another cultural business card in Xi'an. This year marks the 17th year that Xi'an City Wall has received a total of 7,394 high-quality works. After strict screening and step-by-step review by experts of the China Association of The Association of Nations, 24 outstanding works stood out in the end.
At present, these splendid and auspicious Spring Festival leagues have been written by calligraphers and will be hung at the city gate in the near future. In order not to affect the surrounding traffic, the staff will hang it late at night. This year's City Gate Spring League continues the traditional layout, the top and bottom design using cloud patterns, the Spring League is supplemented by a pane pattern, the overall texture is festive and heavy. The right side of the upper link is the name of the writer, and the left side of the lower link is the book link.
There are 18 gates in the Xi'an City Wall, but only 16 gates hang the Spring Festival. "The Beimu Gate (Xiaonan Gate) and the Jiefang Gate do not have hanging conditions due to tree obstruction and other reasons, and the other 16 city gates are different due to the number of gate openings of the city gate, and the hanging position of the Spring League is also different." Xi'an City Wall Management Committee staff introduced.
It is reported that before January 30, 22 pairs of 16 city gates in Xi'an will all be hung in place, adding a festive atmosphere to the upcoming Year of Nongyin and showing the public the breadth and depth of China's excellent traditional culture.
It is full of blessings
These joint words are collected from all over the country, closely following the spirit of the times, paying attention to innovation, and a few words outline the development and changes of the country and the city, full of people's sincere blessings for Xi'an and beautiful expectations for the future.
As the south gate of the Xi'an City Wall, the Spring League of Yongning Gate attracts much attention every year. "The Big Dipper Shines on the Dragon Tao, so that the spring thunder will ring out twenty times; Xijing will open the tiger step and extend the prosperity for another five thousand years." Jiangsu author Yu Yan became the couplet created by the city gate on the east side of the Yongning Gate and won the first prize of this collection activity. The whole union is ambitious, the pen is strong, and it is read in one go. Xu Xiyan, secretary general of the Xi'an Yuelian Society, commented on this: Shanglian focuses on national development and shows the people's ardent expectations for the convening of the 20th National Congress of the Party with 20 spring thunder; Xialian expresses the feelings of prosperity, Xijing refers to chang'an, the ancient capital of the 13th Dynasty, and The Tiger Step refers to the momentum of development and cares for the Year of the Tiger.
This couplet of the city gate on the west side of the Yongning Gate speaks to the hearts of countless Xi'an people at the end of this cold winter. "The mountains and rivers will be unharmed, and the people of Chang'an will be healthy; the years will always be new, and the bells will be blessed with blessings and drums." The author Fang Lifeng is a native of Xi'an, with the pun on the use name "Chang'an", which not only expresses the mentality of living in Chang'an, peace and health, but also pins people's good wishes for Xi'an's "Chang'an".
"Hanging Spring League at the City Gate" not only praises spring, but also highlights the heritage of the city. For example, another work that won the first prize - "The dragon's head is upright, the warbler is saying that the lion is awake; the phoenix is frequent, and the swallow language is nine days of labor and tiger." "Appreciate the Xi'an author Han Xili's tailor-made joint language for AnyuanMen, the connotation of the city gate of the whole union Yache, the poetic narration of the grand theme, the exquisite conception, and the strict atmosphere. A "tiger ben" not only cared for the year of the tiger, but also showed the heroic spirit of the border guards, and it was reminiscent of the Han Dynasty tiger general Huo Tou, adding a heroic and martial atmosphere to the "Anyuan Gate".
Text/Photo: Xi'an City Culture Communication Studio Wang Ying
Edit: Mia
Review: Peng Peng, Wen Yue
Producer: Xi'an Newspaper Media Group