The Chinese Cultural Center in Tel Aviv, Israel, hosted the 2022 Happy Spring Festival event

Israeli singer Holland sings "Jasmine" in Chinese and Hebrew

International online report (reporter Sun Lingli) The Spring Festival of the Year of the Tiger is coming, and the Chinese Cultural Center in Tel Aviv, Israel, has held a series of "Happy Spring Festival" online activities since January 24 according to the unified deployment of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism. This year's Happy Spring Festival activities revolve around three themes: one is the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Israel, the second is the Ice and Snow Winter Olympics, and the third is the Happy Spring Festival.

On January 24th, the "Celebrating the 30th Anniversary of the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations between China and Israel and happy Spring Festival National Concert", co-sponsored by the Chinese Embassy in Israel, the Chinese Cultural Center in Tel Aviv and the Tianjin Municipal Bureau of Culture and Tourism, and jointly performed by Chinese and Israeli artists, was grandly launched on the cultural center's website and social platform.

Tao Chen, director of the Chinese Cultural Center in Tel Aviv, Israel, said that this year's Happy Spring Festival activities have two more themes than before. "The eve of this year's Spring Festival coincides with the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Israel, so we first combined the happy Spring Festival activities with the celebration of the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Israel, and cooperated with the Tianjin Municipal Bureau of Culture and Tourism to launch the Fengyasong Online National Concert, which was launched on the website and social media platform of the Chinese Cultural Center in Tel Aviv. In addition, the series of exhibitions "Jews in China" will be launched in stages, reflecting the traditional friendship between the Chinese nation and the Jewish nation. Secondly, we also cooperate with the Israeli Olympic Committee to continue to hold the "Together to the Future" Winter Olympic Photo Exhibition and carry out the "Northern Ice and Snow Tourism Overseas Promotion Season" series of activities to help the Beijing Winter Olympics. ”

At the Happy Spring Festival National Concert, the artists from the Chinese Orchestra of Tianjin Song and Dance Theater presented Chinese classic folk music such as "Harvest Gong and Drum", "Spring River Flower Moon Night", "Hundred Birds and Phoenix" to their friends with full enthusiasm and exquisite skills.

The classic Israeli folk songs "Me and You" and "May You Be Peaceful", which are reinterpreted with Chinese national instruments, inject the meaning of Chinese style into these two songs. Accompanied by Chinese artists, the famous Israeli female singer Holland sang "Jasmine" in Chinese and Hebrew, using music to convey friendship, communicate hearts with art, and bring a new experience to the audience.

Holland said she has performed in China twice in 2009 and 2019, but this is the first time she has sung a Chinese song with her Chinese. "The song is very contagious, the melody is very beautiful, you can feel that it is suitable for people of all ages, children, young and old, people everywhere are also very touched. I was also inspired when I sang this song, and when I sang it in Chinese, I wanted to be engrossed in singing the lyrics well, respect your language, and strive not to make mistakes. ”

Tao Chen, director of the Cultural Center, said that during this year's "Happy Spring Festival" season, the Cultural Center will also cooperate with many domestic institutions to launch a variety of activities such as music, song and dance, folklore, painting, tai chi, fashion shows and other colorful activities in a variety of ways such as cloud performances, cloud exhibitions, cloud classrooms, and interactive experiences. In addition, it will also cooperate with local schools to launch offline manual experience classes. "We hope that through these activities, the Israeli people can feel the festive, joyful and peaceful atmosphere of the Chinese New Year and spend the Spring Festival together." This year is the Year of the Tiger, a symbol of bravery, might and unyielding. In the new year, we hope to work with our Israeli friends to move forward hand in hand without fear of challenges. ”