BEIJING, Feb. 1 (Xinhua) -- If you are in Brazil, February 1 is an ordinary day for Brazilian girl Biana Fonseca: the first day of February, Tuesday, the day of commuting as usual.
But because of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, Fonseca, a staff member of OBS (Olympic Broadcasting Service Company), came to Beijing, China, and she learned that today is the first day of the Spring Festival, a traditional Chinese festival, and in order not to throw away good luck, the garbage in the room cannot be thrown out.
Biana Fonseca from Brazil shows off her Year of the Tiger handiwork
Speaking of "no garbage", Fonseca laughed: "I should have seen it on the Internet before, and you can't throw garbage on the first day of the Chinese New Year, otherwise you will throw away your good luck." So, I told my colleagues that you can't throw away the garbage today. They say 'don't be stupid', but I do it anyway. ”
on the day of Chinese New Year's Eve, the Beijing Winter Olympic Organizing Committee organized many activities to experience the folk customs of the Chinese New Year, and Fonseca also participated with great interest. "We got a square piece of red paper, and a Chinese girl taught me how to write Chinese characters. Oh my God, it's so hard, I don't even know if I wrote it right. The volunteers told me that the word was pronounced 'fu', which means good wishes. ”
When the reporter found a photo of the word "Fu" on his mobile phone, Fonseca pointed excitedly and said, "Yes, that's it." Fonseca said she was going to bring home her handwritten "Fu" and hang it in a picture frame on the wall of her Brazilian home.
On the first day of the Spring Festival, Fonseca decided to go with the flow and, like most Chinese, gave herself a day off. In the morning, she and her colleagues walked around the main media center and bought a lot of things at the official licensed retail store in Beijing 2022, and two large shopping bags were filled.
"I bought gifts for the whole family. I specifically bought ice pier crystal balls for my mother-in-law because she collected things related to ice and snow. I bought myself one too, and it was really beautiful. Fonseca said.
In addition to the crystal balls, refrigerator stickers, keychains and other goods in the shape of ice piers and snow melting, her shopping bag also has a book called "The Great Wall" in English: "This book is free, I think if I don't have the opportunity to climb the Great Wall this time, I can at least read a book about the history of the Great Wall." ”
A tiger-shaped handmade is also one of the harvests of Fonseca's Year of the Tiger. She pointed to the display space of Chinese medicine culture, "Chinese medicine is really magical, I heard that many fitness movements are imitated tigers, and there are four other animals." ”
The picture shows the exhibition space of Chinese medicine culture
In addition to shopping, Fonseca is also ready to take the media shuttle to the venue to see, "although it can not go out of the closed loop, but taking the media shuttle, you can also see the scenery of other parts of the city, it is also good."
Due to the epidemic, the closed-loop policy has left Fonseca's first trip to Beijing with some regrets, but she admits: "We can still experience Chinese culture in various ways, after all, there are many Chinese in the closed loop, and they are very willing to share Chinese culture." Getting to know and get to know the locals in the host city of an Olympic Games, to understand their culture and way of life, this is the best place in the Olympic Games, it is priceless. ”
However, what excites Fonseca the most is the Chinese she learned. She excitedly repeated to reporters: "Ju Hu Tian Yi! Seeing the reporter's confused expression, she quickly explained, "A tiger with wings." At this point, the reporter understood, "like a tiger adding wings"!
"Using 'like a tiger to strengthen' to express the meaning of strengthening is really a completely different culture, which is great!" Fonseca said.
Editors: Shuwen, Wu Bowen, Cao Yibo, Duan Yutong (Intern)