The city gate hangs the Spring Festival League Yangzhou welcomes the opening of the door

"The tiger is singing in the prosperous world, the spring is full of canals, the hundred boats are competing for the long dream; the long street of the dragon dance, the ancient yi of Fuying, and the thousand doors are radiant and dazzling the Dongguan." On January 26th, along with the 8.1-meter-long spring festival joint hanging on the Dongguan Street city gate, the annual "Yangzhou Open Door Red • I Hang Spring League for the City Gate" activity arrived as scheduled. At the same time, the Spring League of the East Circle Gate, Song Jia City, Tang City Ruins and other city gates also appeared at the same time. A fiery red couplet full of the atmosphere of the times and with good wishes hangs on the quaint city gate of Yangzhou, adding a festive and red festive atmosphere to the thousand-year-old city.

The city gate hangs the Spring Festival, spreading the long history and culture of Yangzhou

In order to welcome the Spring Festival in 2022, from December 7 last year, the "Yangzhou Open Door Red • I Hang spring league for the city gate" activity jointly sponsored by the Publicity Department of the Yangzhou Municipal Party Committee, yangzhou newspaper media group and Yangzhou branch of the Bank of Nanjing was launched again, with the theme of "accelerating the construction of three famous cities and enlarging the brand effect of the 'three capitals'" to the whole society to solicit the Spring Festival League. In a short period of time, the event collected more than 1,000 works from all over the country, and finally 12 pairs of couplets full of historical background and the theme of the times were hung on the Yangzhou City Gate.

After years of continuous improvement and innovation, the annual "Yangzhou Open Door Red , I Hang Spring Festival" activity has also developed into a series of Yangzhou cultural events including collecting couplets, calligraphy masters sending couplets, hanging Spring Leagues and a series of activities, becoming an indispensable "New Year custom" in Yangzhou.

Ding Jiatong, Gu Feng, Yang Xiaoyang, Fan Naiding, Liu Fangming, Zhang Meilin, Xu Zhengbiao, Ye Feng, Ma Honor, Zhu Honglin, Xu Zhen and a number of well-known calligraphers in Yangzhou have always been witnesses and participants, and every stroke of their painting is full of their attention to this activity. "Yangzhou has a long history and culture, the Spring League represents the traditional culture of China, and the city gate of the ancient city of Yangzhou hangs the Spring Festival, which is very suitable for Yangzhou's urban temperament." Xu Zhengbiao, president of the Calligraphy and Painting Association of Yangzhou University and head of the Institute of Calligraphy of Yangzhou University, said that the combination of spring union and the city gate not only shows the art of calligraphy, but also the dissemination and inheritance of Yangzhou's long history and culture, and as a calligrapher in Yangzhou, he is very proud to be able to write couplets for Yangzhou city gate.

The best works praise the state, and good wishes are sent to the citizens of Yangzhou

The locations where the Spring Festival League was hung this year were Dongguan Street City Gate, East Circle Gate, Shita Bridge North and South Archway, Songjia City East, South, West and North Gates, Slender West Lake Scenic Area East and West Arch, Tangcheng Ruins, and Rujiang Gate, a total of 12 gates. Among the creators who were finally selected, the vast majority of them were new faces.

"Ten miles of drunken warblers, very Song Yun Han new rhyme; three spring tiger steps, three famous cities strong sandwich city." Liu Liangxin, who lives in Zixing City, Hunan Province, has been engaged in couplet creation since 1997 and has served as the president of the Chenzhou Yuelian Society. The first time he participated in the "Yangzhou Open Door Red I Hang Spring League for the City Gate" activity, the works created were selected and hung at the west gate of SongJiacheng, and he was surprised and surprised. "The 'three cities' and 'three capitals' are the city cards of Yangzhou, the upper link is to praise Yangzhou's long history and culture, and the lower link is to hope that the construction of Yangzhou's 'three famous cities' is getting better and better." This is a good wish for the city and people of Yangzhou. Liu Liangxin said.

With a festive and peaceful festive atmosphere, the huge red Spring Festival has brought a strong New Year flavor to Yangzhou and has also become a beautiful landscape in the ancient city. The reporter visited Songjiacheng, Dongguan Street and other places and found that the fiery red City Gate Spring League also attracted the attention of many citizens, and everyone stopped to appreciate it and jointly took photos with the City Gate Spring.

"My home is near Songjia City, and in the past few years I have come to see the huge Spring League hanging on the city gate." Mr. Ge, who lives in Yangzhou Tianxia, said that the works of the Spring League are in line with the history and culture of yangzhou city gates, and can reflect the characteristics of the times; at the same time, they can also appreciate the exquisite works of calligraphers, which is really killing two birds with one stone.

"The 'East Asian Cultural Capital' has become Yangzhou's most important city card and an important link for foreign cultural exchanges. In recent years, Yangzhou Newspaper Media Group and Yangzhou Branch of Bank of Nanjing have jointly held the Spring Festival Hanging festival activity at the city gate, on the one hand, hoping to add a festive and peaceful festive atmosphere to the Spring Festival through such activities; on the other hand, hoping to use such activities to further display the long history of Yangzhou and the culture of the ancient city, highlighting the unique charm of Yangzhou's humanistic history. Xia Weimin, president of the Yangzhou branch of the Bank of Nanjing, said that the ancient city wall continues the historical context of Yangzhou city, and the Spring League fully demonstrates the beauty of traditional culture.

Reporter Jin Xin