Sand painting performances, story telling, opera changing faces, flower and drum singing, ancient rhyme market... This year, the Mid-Autumn Festival meets the National Day. Although the festival has not yet arrived, in the streets and communities of Furong District, Changsha City, it has already been very lively, and through the colorful "Our Festival • Mid-Autumn Festival" themed activities, the excellent traditional Chinese culture is promoted and the public's understanding of the historical inheritance and cultural connotation of the Mid-Autumn Festival is enhanced.
The ancient charm of the country gathers popularity and releases new vitality of consumption
The opera changes faces, the flower drum sings... A picture scroll of "Full Moon and Chinese Style Festival" slowly unfolds in the ancient charm of China's Golden Street, where tourists dressed in Hanfu immerse themselves in traditional culture and experience life aesthetics.
A sunset spring tree is green, and ci birds fly around the Dingwang Platform. In order to enhance the self-confidence of national culture and stimulate the vitality of consumption in the neighborhood with traditional culture, on September 27, Dingwangtai Street, Furong District organized the "Ancient Rhyme Mid-Autumn Festival Phoenix Laiyi" - "Holding Hands in Furong" Square Cultural Monthly Performance and "Our Festival - Mid-Autumn Festival" activity, and residents in the jurisdiction gathered together to talk about the Mid-Autumn Festival reunion.
The big stage of literature and art, the ancient rhyme of the country welcomes the Mid-Autumn Festival. Joyful dance, melodious singing, on the main stage of the China Golden Street Literary and Art Show, the cast and crew of the Changsha Xiang Opera Heritage and Protection Center brought a cultural and artistic feast to everyone. Suona performances, opera face-changing, and Xiang opera performances took turns, combining traditional culture and folk art, allowing the audience to feel the unique charm of Chinese culture. On the "Phoenix" dresser, the makeup teacher designed ancient makeup for tourists, "using whitewashing, eyebrow trimming, dyeing vermilion lips, and appliqués on the forehead", leading everyone through ancient and modern times, and appreciating the legendary history of hair combing technology for thousands of years. Legend has it that King Minji built a dressing platform for his beloved daughter "Princess Phoenix", and "Phoenix Terrace Alley" also came from this.
At the ancient rhyme market, "Jin" likes to meet with things. 68 yuan, 128 yuan full gold bracelet, silver jewelry folded in the whole scene... "Golden Group Purchase Festival" "One piece is also a wholesale price" China Gold Street brings multiple gifts to consumers. Internet celebrity merchants in the neighborhood jointly promote the main products, immersing themselves in the ancient market experience atmosphere, bringing consumers interesting new experiences of national trends and wonderful new discoveries of shopping. Residents of the amusement park venue experienced ancient folk games in the neighborhood, selected ethnic ornaments at ancient rhyme stalls, and enjoyed the fun brought by excellent traditional culture.
"Today, when I bring my family and children, I can not only enjoy the beautiful theatrical performances, but also buy exquisite gold and silver jewelry, and learn and understand traditional culture, which is very comfortable." Ms. Xu, a resident, marveled.
China Gold Street is located in the south section of Jianxiang Road, since its opening in 2021, this 500-meter-long section has gathered more than 40 gold and jewelry brands, with the establishment of the e-commerce headquarters of China Gold Group, China Gold Street has become a gold-themed characteristic commercial street integrating gold jewelry wholesale, retail, e-commerce, import and export trade, recycling and other business and cultural tourism. While consuming, citizens can also explore the history of old Changsha and experience the charm of the characteristic neighborhood integrating culture, tourism, consumption and check-in.
The Mid-Autumn Festival Tale Inheritance Expresses the national conditions together
On the afternoon of September 26th, the theme activity of "Our Festival Mid-Autumn Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival" and the cultural monthly performance of "Holding Hands with Furong" in Changsha City were held in Dongtundu Street, Furong District.
With melodious singing and beating notes, the opening dance "Full Flower Moon" kicked off the event, and the audience raised their hands and interacted together, cheerful dance, beautiful melody, loud singing, a shocking cultural audio-visual feast quickly attracted the attention of the audience.
The whole performance is divided into three chapters: "Remembering the Full Moon", "Xiang Reunion" and "Furong Wanjia", through sand painting performances, Changsha good people story publicity, sitcoms, commendation ceremonies and other forms, the Mid-Autumn Festival traditional culture is integrated into the street volunteer service work, into the pulse of the times, showing the strong feelings of home and country and the people's high spirit.
"The street community overcame many difficulties in the process of problem solving, and finally found the optimal solution to the problem, so that the dangerous house became a new house." From the perspective of the group, the sand painting performance "The Story of Six Houses" uses sand painting as the performance form, and cooperates with the host's affectionate narration, showing the determination of the street and the community to continuously protect and improve the living environment of the masses; The deeds of Luo Zhicheng, a good man in Changsha, vividly interprets "a good person is a banner, and a group of good people influence a city", a parent-child connection video, one picture after another, focusing on the traditional virtues of the Chinese nation and the powerful power of upward goodness; Xu Juyun, a master of Chinese cooking and Hunan cuisine, vividly described his journey of learning Hunan cuisine skills, engaging in Hunan cuisine cooking, and leading his son and disciples to promote Hunan cuisine culture throughout the country. The sitcom "24 Hours of Volunteer Service in Dongtundu" restores the short stories of the volunteer service team when carrying out volunteer services such as helping the people in difficulty, facilitating the people, serving enterprises, and responding to emergencies, and praises the spirit of unity and friendship of the whole street working together to bring warmth to others and contribute to society. The live solo "Water Tune Song Head", Mid-Autumn Festival knowledge rush and other programs are even more brilliantly presented. The audience watched the wonderful performance and also praised it one after another.
Mortals shimmer, sparks into torches. For a long time, Dongtundu volunteer service work has closely focused on the purpose of "serving the people", constantly innovated the concept of volunteer service, improved the volunteer service system, cultivated the volunteer service brand, and created organized and large-scale volunteer teams such as Yangfan Community Sailboat Volunteer Service Team, Jiayu Community Red Property Butler Volunteer Service Team, Baisha Bay Community "Lianxin Lianxin" Volunteer Service Team, Furong Community "Dian Xiaoer" Volunteer Service Team, Dongtundu Community Pioneer Love Volunteer Service Team, Jinke Community Veterans Studio Volunteer Service Team and other organized and large-scale volunteer teams. The event recognized the 6 most beautiful volunteer teams. "I will pass on my love to everyone who needs help, and I will also attract more volunteers to join to help more people in need." Volunteer representative Chen Hongli said.
The "Our Festival - Mid-Autumn Festival" themed activity entered the streets of Dongtundu and was warmly sought after by the vast number of residents, aiming to carry forward the excellent traditional culture of the Chinese nation, continuously enrich the festival cultural life of the people, and promote a more harmonious and friendly neighborhood relationship among the residents. In the next step, the street will continue to tap and integrate the existing resources of the jurisdiction, carry out various forms and rich cultural activities, gather people's hearts and wisdom, guide the broad masses of residents to participate in the process of handling street affairs, and jointly create a governance pattern of co-construction, co-governance and sharing.
Reunion to welcome the Mid-Autumn Festival Make mooncakes with skillful hands
The autumn breeze is cool, and the dangui is fragrant. Recently, various cultural activities have been held in various communities in Donghu Street, Furong District, to further promote excellent traditional culture and create a joyful and peaceful festive atmosphere. On September 26th, Yao Tuowan Community of Donghu Street, Furong District and Changsha Furong District Xianchen Public Welfare Development Center jointly launched our festival and Mid-Autumn Festival themed activity of "Making Mooncakes with Skillful Hands and Honest Words Mid-Autumn Festival", deeply integrating the culture of integrity with traditional culture, so that the culture of integrity can be subtly and deeply rooted in the hearts of the people in a relaxed and lively atmosphere.
At the event, volunteers introduced the origin of the Mid-Autumn Festival and explained in detail the steps, methods and precautions for making ice skin mooncakes. Under the guidance of volunteers, everyone divided up the work and cooperated, kneading stuffing, rolling dough, wrapping mooncakes... After a while, the "Lianxin" mooncake filled with lotus seeds was born in everyone's skillful hands, and the scene was full of laughter, warm and lively. Subsequently, the grid leader and volunteers popularized traditional cultural knowledge to the residents in the form of quizzes and riddles, enhanced residents' awareness of traditional culture, and created a strong festive atmosphere.
After the event, community staff and representatives of joint households visited the elderly living alone in their jurisdictions with fresh mooncakes made by themselves, and sent them holiday condolences and sincere wishes. "The mooncakes made by hand are ceremonial, so thank you so much." Dai Jiaoyu, who received the blessing, said excitedly.
At the New Era Civilization Practice Station of Dongsha Community, Donghu Street, Furong District, overseas Chinese and family members and resident representatives jointly carried out Mid-Autumn Festival themed activities to share the joy of reunion and spend the Mid-Autumn Festival together.
In the "Reunion to Welcome the Mid-Autumn Festival and Make Mooncakes with Skillful Hands", volunteers introduced the skills and production process of making ice skin mooncakes, and the participating overseas Chinese relatives put on gloves, kneaded dough, stuffing, and molded with high interest, and experienced the various steps of making mooncakes. Under everyone's skillful production, elaborate mooncakes jumped in front of them, and everyone chatted about homely things while making mooncakes, and felt the charm of traditional Chinese festivals together. "Our sons and daughters are far away, there are just the two of us at home, and the community often invites us to participate in various activities, meet a lot of new friends, make us feel a strong neighborhood friendship, and we feel the warmth of home..." said Liao Xixuan, an 88-year-old teacher this year.
Celebrate reunion with one heart, and gather people's hearts with true feelings. Huang Xifei, secretary of Dongsha Community, said: In the next step, Dongsha community will continue to play a leading role in culture, innovate working methods, carry forward Chinese culture, tell characteristic stories, unite overseas Chinese hearts, gather overseas Chinese strength, and constantly create a new situation in the work of the community overseas Chinese association.
Source: Seremban District Rong Media Center