Source: People's Daily Overseas Edition
On February 3, the audience visited the treasure of the town hall at the Nanjing Museum in Jiangsu Province, the Silver and Bronze Bull Lantern of the Eastern Han Dynasty. Photo by Du Yi (People's Photo)
On February 6, at the Taiyuan City Library in Shanxi Province, children displayed their own handmade works. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Yang Chenguang
On February 5, citizens read and studied at the Library of Nantong City, Jiangsu Province. Photo by Xu Peiqin (People's Photo)
Tiger leaps in the new spring, culture rises. In recent years, celebrating a cultural year has become a popular New Year custom and new fashion. During the spring festival holiday that just passed, some people went into the museum to enjoy an exhibition; some people went to the theater to watch a movie; some people came to the theater to listen to a big play; and some people chose to immerse themselves in the world of books... Wonderful cultural activities across the country lit up the Spring Festival holiday. In the full sense of gain and happiness, people walked into the bright spring together.
Feel the strong taste of the New Year in the exhibition
On the third day of the Lunar New Year, the Palace Museum's "Why China" exhibition was crowded. He Zun, Changxin Palace Lamp, Jade Dragon, Tiger Rune... More than 130 pieces/sets of precious cultural relics have been unveiled, including stone tools, ceramics, jade, bronzes, gold and silver ware and other categories, using the three units of "source", "flow" and "convergence" to tell the story of why the Land of China is China and why Chinese civilization is immortal. Ms. Zhou specially brought her children to see, "Children are particularly interested in the cultural relics that appear in textbooks. Ms. Zhou said that she hopes that children can more truly feel the long-standing Chinese civilization through understanding cultural relics.
In recent years, the Spring Festival Exhibition has become the "highlight" at the beginning of the new year in major museums and art galleries. Each year, carefully curated exhibitions with different themes are a sumptuous cultural feast during the Chinese New Year. This year's Spring Festival exhibition not only has a variety of presentations of China's excellent traditional culture, but also a systematic combing of tiger culture, as well as a theme display that fits the Winter Olympics, with diverse content and distinctive characteristics.
The scene of the National Museum of China's "Ruihu You'an - 2022 New Year Exhibition" is like a courtyard, the audience walks into the "courtyard door", the sound of firecrackers rings in the ears, red lanterns, Spring Festival, window flowers, New Year paintings, cloth tigers and other ornaments, creating a happy and peaceful New Year atmosphere. From the Shang Dynasty to the beginning of the 21st century, the exhibits include precious utensils with brilliant gold and jade and fine craftsmanship, as well as stoneware gray tiles, simple and cute city objects, reflecting the endless tiger culture of the Chinese nation from many aspects. In addition, the "Tiger and Tiger Shengfu - Nongyin Tiger Year New Year Zodiac Cultural Relics (Photo) Joint Exhibition" launched by China Cultural Relics Newspaper in conjunction with dozens of cultural institutions across the country was held in Fujian Museum, Shanxi Museum, Hebei Museum, Heilongjiang Provincial Museum, Ningbo Museum and other institutions, bringing blessings of the Year of the Tiger to audiences in more than 100 cities.
When the Winter Olympics meet the Chinese New Year, culture and sports collide here to create a different brilliance. The 9th China Beijing International Art Biennale, which is being held at the National Art Museum of China, covers 707 works of art from 117 countries and regions, of which the Works of the Winter Olympics are the biggest attraction. Those dynamic sculptures and freeze-framed images of competitive moments are interwoven into a symphony of power and beauty. In Shenzhen, the "Together to the Future" 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics Theme Book Fair held by Shenzhen Library exhibited more than 360 books on the themes of the Winter Olympics and ice and snow sports; the corresponding "Approaching the Winter Olympics" series of audio books made reading more accessible.
In addition to the exhibition, a variety of interesting interactive projects are also popular. In Shanghai, the game of "Finding the Tiger and Winning the Blessing Bag" was held at the Shanghai Museum; in Jiangsu, the Yangzhou Museum launched the engraving and printing experience activity; in Guangdong, the Nanyue King Museum "Nanyue Workshop" and the "Tsubuda Yingchun" series of handicraft activities allowed the audience to feel the strong Taste of the Year in the participation.
On the screen, I realized the feelings of home and country
"In this year's Spring Festival, three generations of our family watched a total of 5 movies, "Chosin Lake's Watergate Bridge", "This Killer Is Not Calm", "Four Seas", "Miracle Stupid Child" and "Bear Haunting • Return to Earth"." At 8 p.m. on February 6, the reporter interviewed Mr. Wang at a theater in Beijing's Chaoyang District, waiting for the film to end and pick up his children to go home.
Mr. Wang told reporters that their family of 5 watched the comedy "This Killer Is Not Calm" together, "Happy Twist's film is dense with laughter, and everyone is very happy to watch it." His parents-in-law watched "The Water Gate Bridge of Chosin Lake" and "Sniper", "Their generation paid more attention to the theme of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, and also had feelings for that period of history, and was deeply moved by the film." Mr. and Mrs. Wang watched "Four Seas" and felt that the story and style of the film were more suitable for those of them who worked hard in Beijing. They also watched "Miracle Stupid Kid" with their children, hoping that the children could understand the film's family and inspirational themes. "Now the children themselves are watching Bear Haunting: Return to Earth." The "Bear Haunting" series of movies has reached the eighth film, accompanying children from toddlers to teenagers. Every Spring Festival, he has to watch new films in this series. ”
Although due to the impact of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, the number of moviegoers in this year's Spring Festival file has decreased compared with last year, but Mr. Wang said that movie tickets that are not early and late in the holiday and the seats are not biased still need to be pre-ordered in advance. For example, because he did not pre-order the movie tickets for "The Water Gate Bridge of Chosin Lake" on February 1 early on the first day, his parents-in-law had to sit in the corner of the theater; "Sniper" could not pre-order the tickets for the first day of the release, and the parents-in-law had to watch it for a few days.
According to the statistics of Lighthouse Professional Edition, the total box office of this year's Spring Festival file exceeded 6 billion yuan, ranking second in the total box office of the Spring Festival file in The history of Chinese films; the average ticket price of this year's Spring Festival file showed a gradual downward trend from February 1 to February 6. The person in charge of this theater in Chaoyang District, Beijing believes that the 8 films released in this year's Spring Festival are rich in types, and the content style is both festive and funny, as well as solemn, which can meet the viewing needs of different audiences. In accordance with the relevant requirements, the theater strictly does a good job in epidemic prevention and control and safe production, in principle, the attendance rate of each show does not exceed 75%; the first screening of the theater starts at 7 o'clock in the morning every day, and the last screening begins at midnight. The person in charge said that the current social needs of young people have partially shifted to online, and mobile games, short videos, and episodes have formed a certain impact on movies. "I hope that filmmakers will strive to innovate in content creation, so that blockbusters and small and medium-sized films can gain their due market share." The Spring Festival stalls, which have gone through 10 years since 2013, should also self-innovate, re-embark on the road, and create brilliance again. ”
There was laughter on the stage
During the Spring Festival (January 31 to February 15), the Capital Cultural Performance Market launched 247 offline performances of 1,206 offline performances and 23 online performances to accompany everyone to enjoy the Chinese New Year.
Watch the big drama in the New Year. From the first to the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, successive stage plays took turns to land on the National Centre for the Performing Arts Drama Theatre, Mei Lanfang Grand Theatre, Chang'an Grand Theatre, and National Local Opera Performance Center. During the Spring Festival, the audience's favorite "Dragon and Phoenix Chengxiang", "Phoenix Returns to the Nest", "Red Maned Horse", "Continuous Promotion of the Third Level", "Suolin Capsule", as well as "Shilang Visiting Mother", "Red Lady", "Poetry Society", "Royal Monument Pavilion", "Big Haunting Heavenly Palace" and other plays. Genre classics, good drama and stage.
The drama stage is very lively. Beijing People's Art Theater launched the classic play "Family Portrait", which reflects the development of the big era with the lives of small people, and contains people's New Year's wishes for family reunion and human warmth. Happy Twist's annual drama "Seven Square Meters" was staged at the Geological Auditorium Theater, telling the story of Beijing's urban development and changes in the past 20 years, laughing with tears. In addition, the Beijing People's Art Theater drama "Ding Xilin Republic of China Comedy Three Rules", the happy twist bar theme experiential drama "Drunken Heart", the Star Drama Village Small Theater drama "Desperate Love" and the talk show performances in Workers' Body, Sanlitun and other places also let everyone enter the Year of the Tiger in laughter.
The concert incorporates elements of the Winter Olympics. On the sixth day of the Chinese New Year, accompanied by the Winter Olympics and New Year, the theme concert of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics was staged at the Concert Hall of the National Centre for the Performing Arts. On the eighth day of the first lunar month, the symphonic suite "Ice and Snow Rendezvous" composed for the Beijing Winter Olympics was played at the Zhongshan Park Music Hall. Beijing Symphony Orchestra, Beijing Chinese Orchestra, Beijing Wind Symphony Orchestra and other performance groups have held concerts with the theme of "ice and snow", so that the audience can feel the vitality of ice and snow sports and the charm of music.
Parent-child fun is endless. The 8th Chinese New Year Children's Theatre Carnival of China Children's Art Theatre was held during the Spring Festival, and the parent-child musical "Where is the Mother of the Little Butterfly?" The children's drama "The Little Mermaid" presents children with a "New Year's gift" made up of joy and emotion. At the National Centre for the Performing Arts, the Chinese Puppet Theatre, the Chaoyang Theatre and other theaters, Sun Wukong, the Hulu Brothers, Peppa Pig, the Undersea Column, and the Super Flying Heroes accompany the children to celebrate the New Year.
Cloud Performing Arts is equally exciting. From the first day of the Chinese New Year to the sixth day of the Chinese New Year, the China Symphony Orchestra '2022 New Year Exhibition season' has continuously displayed and broadcast 6 concerts of different styles, including the opening ceremony of the 2022 Music Season of the National Symphony Orchestra "New Year Concert" - "Ode to Joy", as well as the "Long March Group Song" and "Southwest Music and Painting" and other national symphony choral concerts. The "New Year Online Performance Season" of the National Drama Theatre brought 5 fine dramas such as "Fireworks in the World", "Gu Wenchang", "New Young People in the Village", "People First" and "Bean Juice" to the cloud. Online performances have greatly enriched people's cultural life at home during the epidemic prevention and control period. (Reporters Lai Rui, Miao Chun, Zheng Na)
People's Daily Overseas Edition ( 2022-02-09 Issue 07)