The night will be cold and gone, and the year will dawn the new light. The New Year of the Tiger has arrived as promised. Today, a variety of cultural events have become a popular New Year's custom. Whether it's watching a new film in a movie theater, visiting an exhibition in a museum, or going to a theater to listen to a big play... Rich and high-quality spiritual food has continued to emerge, making the people's holidays more fulfilling. While feeling the cultural feelings and temperature, it also enhances the sense of belonging, sense of gain and happiness of the Spring Festival.
Spring Festival stalls are hot: feel the feelings of home and country in light and shadow
1.445 billion – this is the box office figure for the first day of this year's Spring Festival. Among them, the box office of domestic films is 1.444 billion yuan, and the single-day share is 99.99%.
In recent years, family-based movie-watching has gradually become a "New Year custom" that goes hand in hand with traditional customs such as eating Chinese New Year's Eve and visiting temple fairs, and the film market during the Spring Festival period has released great potential. "I feel that this year's Spring Festival film series is quite rich, which can meet the different tastes of the family." Mr. Xu of Beijing grabbed movie tickets a few days before the holiday a few years ago, accompanied his parents to watch "The Water Gate Bridge of Changjin Lake", took his children to watch "Bear Haunting and Return to Earth", and planned to watch "Miracle Stupid Child" and "This Killer Is Not Calm" in a few days.
Poster for "Chosin Lake's Water Gate Bridge" (left) and "Sniper" poster (right). Picture courtesy of the tablet
"Chosin Lake's Water Gate Bridge" and "Sniper", two war-themed movies that tell the story of "the loveliest people", add a thick background to the brilliant lights of thousands of families in the Spring Festival, a festival of family reunion. Whether it is the "Seventh Interspersed Company" or the "Fifth Sniper Squad", the Chinese People's Volunteer Army has faced the most powerful army in the world under simple conditions and won victory, showing the most remarkable national spirit.
In addition, "Miracle Stupid Child" focuses on Shenzhen in the new era, telling the story of a group of imperfect "little people" struggling in the booming wave of the electronics industry; "This Killer Is Not Calm" is brilliant as the only "pure comedy" in the Spring Festival file; the animation film "Bear Haunting • Return to Earth" also stands out with its family-friendly attributes... Compared with previous years, this year's Spring Festival films not only have a strong lineup, but also cover a variety of themes such as war, drama, animation, comedy, etc., which has a strong attraction to the audience.
A number of industry insiders said that this year's Spring Festival file has made a good start and laid a solid foundation for the annual box office. "The Spring Festival shows a boom in movie watching, which makes us rekindle new visions for Chinese films." Rao Shuguang, president of the China Film Critics Association, said.
It is worth mentioning that in terms of small screens, "The World of People", which chose to land on CCTV in the New Year, is also eye-catching. Adapted from Liang Xiaosheng's novel of the same name, the drama cuts into the development of the big era from the perspective of the "little people" of the three generations of the Zhou family, comprehensively and deeply traces the great changes and progress since China's reform and opening up, presents a Chinese-style family change of life epic, and also deeply places the people's ardent expectations for the grandeur of the new journey in the new era.
The Exhibition Is New: Exploring "Why China" in the Taste of the New Year
"As soon as I turned my head, I crossed from the Warring States to the Qing Dynasty."
He Zun at the "Why China" exhibition
On the first day of the Lunar New Year, the Palace Museum's "Why China" exhibition was crowded. Jade Dragon, Tiger Rune, He Zun, Changxin Palace Lamp... More than 130 pieces/sets of precious cultural relics were met with the audience at the beginning of the Year of the Tiger. The exhibition is divided into three units: "Source", "Flow" and "Convergence", which summarize and clearly present why the land of China is China, why the Chinese nation is great, and why Chinese civilization is immortal.
During the Spring Festival holiday, museums, art galleries and other cultural and museum venues around the world have been "new", so that the audience can more truly feel the unique charm of China's excellent traditional culture.
Yang and cloth gas, spring run north window. The National Museum of China's "Tiggo You'an - 2022 New Year Exhibition" is full of flavor. More than 70% of the exhibits in the exhibition are exhibited for the first time, reflecting the long-standing and endless tiger culture of the Chinese nation from all aspects. The concept of five "doors" in the exhibition hall is used to divide the space, implying the five blessings of the door, firecrackers, red lanterns, Spring League, window flowers, New Year paintings, cloth tigers and other ornaments are dazzling, creating a peaceful and festive New Year atmosphere.
"Tiggo You'an - 2022 Chinese New Year Exhibition" scene. Courtesy of the National Museum of China
At the Spring Festival Gala of the Year of the Tiger, the bronze mask from Sanxingdui made a stunning appearance. At the Guanghan Sanxingdui Museum, two exhibits were also first seen with the audience, namely the bronze kneeling figure excavated from the No. 4 sacrifice pit and the bronze bird-holding statue excavated from the No. 3 sacrifice pit. A series of cultural relics closely following the "theme" of the Year of the Tiger, such as turquoise bronze tigers, copper tiger-shaped vessels, and gold leaf tiger-shaped ornaments, are simultaneously displayed, so that the strong New Year flavor of ancient Shu Yayun comes to the face.
In addition, a number of museums have launched a variety of interactive projects, so that the audience can not only "visit" happily, but also "get in touch" with traditional culture through hands-on practice. In Jiangsu, suzhou museum held seal carving experience activities, Suzhou inscription museum launched the "pot throwing salute" traditional archery experience; in Hainan, the theme activities of the Nanhai Museum include handmade DIY lanterns, paper cutting, etc., so that the audience can feel the festive atmosphere during the participation.
Perform spring "art" strongly: show cultural charm on the stage
The sword dance, the ancient and leisurely stage, the magnificent soundtrack... On February 2, the Chinese Opera and Dance Theater "Li Bai" took the stage of the National Centre for the Performing Arts, recreating the legendary life of the world's poetry immortals, leading the audience to "travel" through the millennium and appreciate the feelings of home and country under the arrogance and arrogance.
Watching big dramas has always been the traditional new year custom of Chinese to welcome the Lunar New Year. During the Spring Festival holiday, theater performances across the country were in full swing, and under the premise of paying full attention to and ensuring safety, the vitality of the performance market was further released, so that the cultural life of the masses during the Spring Festival holiday was more colorful.
In addition to "Li Bai", from February 5 to 6, the Chinese Opera and Dance Theater dance drama "Confucius" will also be presented at the National Centre for the Performing Arts, recreating the bumpy return of a generation of sages who cannot seek mercy. Through the millennia, the road of the "Great Avenue" is now a long way away, and the Analects that have been passed down for hundreds of generations are born.
Shanghai Peking Opera House and Shanghai Kunqu Opera Troupe jointly launched the "Maritime Jingyun Ruihu Spring Festival" New Year performance season, and traditional plays such as Peking Opera "Dingjun Mountain", "Phoenix Returning nest", "Yang Jiajun", Kunqu opera "Zhan Hua Kui" and "Kite Mistake" have been fully scheduled for day and night, and continue to launch the "WatchIng Beijing-Kunming to Heavenly Toad" performance brand.
In order to allow more audiences to enjoy the "cultural feast" without leaving home, many theaters have innovated forms and made efforts online to make cloud performing arts equally wonderful.
The National Peking Opera House launched the traditional classic drama "Dragon and Phoenix Chengxiang", starring the famous Peking Opera performance artists Yu Kuizhi and Li Shengsu, and before the start of the performance, the guided tour program "Xiqu Zheng Youth" will be broadcast, highlighting the charm of the national essence from a different perspective. Beijing Quyi Troupe launched the "New Year Blessing - Spring Festival Good Drama And Watch" series of online performances, the performance includes allegro, cross-talk, single string and other forms of music and art, taking turns to stage the most Beijing flavor of the song art singing segments.
Lanzhou Grand Theatre carefully plans the Spring Festival exhibition and broadcast activities, including opera, chorus, ballet, symphonic concerts and other art forms, including "Long March Suite Song", "Turandot", "La Traviata" and other well-known Chinese and foreign plays, and strives to provide the audience with a strong cultural flavor of the Spring Festival.
Tasting cultural wine in the Spring Festival reflects the people's pursuit and yearning for a better life. In recent years, the cultural flavor of the holiday has become more and more intense, in the auspicious and festive atmosphere, people's choice of cultural consumption is more abundant, the experience is more pleasant, not only to promote the further development of the mainland's literary and artistic undertakings, but also to enhance the cultural self-confidence of the Chinese people, so that the excellent traditional Chinese culture can be inherited and promoted.