Editor's note: The Spring Festival is the most representative traditional Chinese festival, and "going home for the New Year" is the deepest nostalgia of the Chinese. Dragon and lion dances, acrobatics, stilt walking, shadow puppetry...... There are not only New Year's goods, longing, but also a pair of eyes to re-recognize their hometown. The theme of the 2024 "New Year Walk to the Grassroots" of the Jinan Channel of Dazhong Network is "Returning to the Village for the New Year", let us go home together, record and comment on the real scene of the countryside in the new era in the eyes of people, and feel the pulse of the times with readers.
Dazhong reporter Zhang Wei reported from Jinan
Time: February 2, 2024
Location: Shanghe County Flower Expo Center, Jinan City
Accompanied by earth-shattering gongs and drums and cheerful Yangge, it opened the prelude to Shanghe's joyful New Year. On February 2, the first event of the district and county tour of the Quancheng Literature and Art Department, the 2024 Spring Festival Shandong Rural Cultural Tourism Festival, the Yellow River Grand Gathering, and the E-commerce New Year Goods Festival were held at the Shanghe County Flower Expo Center. The scene was very lively, and the down-to-earth program attracted hundreds of audiences, won bursts of applause, and brought the audience into the festive atmosphere of the New Year.
"Old cloth is new!" local talent "Grandma Liu" inherits the beauty of the object
"For example, our tea mat uses the weaving method of reed mats, which is a special hand-weaving technique handed down in the early years. In the e-commerce live broadcast exhibition area of Shanghe County Flower Expo Center, the reporter noticed that Liu Yuqing, a local expert wearing a red ribbon, enthusiastically introduced his proud work to the citizens in front of the booth.
"The pattern printed on this cloth is called orchid kite, although the color is old, if the tea is wet on it, the cloth will gradually become deeper with the soaking of water, but there is an antique charm. Then "Grandma Liu" described to reporters: "Imagine, for example, three or five friends who like traditional culture, dressed in traditional clothes, sit together, spread the tea mat, put the teacup, and taste the tea carefully, which is very traditional and atmospheric." ”
"Grandma Liu" quite a graphic description suddenly attracted the two citizens who came and went, and she began to gush about her handicrafts: "This is a teapot mat, spliced with old cloth, completely hand-sewn, and made into the shape of a cat's head, when used to clean, easy to take care of, when not in use can also be hung up, as a home decoration, itself this fabric is also the use of intangible cultural heritage old coarse cloth, we now will be traditional crafts and modern fashion intertwined, inheritance of the beauty of intangible cultural heritage." "Grandma Liu" had a sincere smile on her face.
"First Secretary" turned into a recommendation officer, and the top ten "good New Year's goods" added "New Year's flavor"
"How is this roast chicken sold?" "The sugar crisp that just came out of the oven today is roasted, crispy and sweet, come and taste it!" The reporter walked into the exhibition area of the New Year's goods fair, and saw that the booth was neatly and orderly, Shanghe grilled chicken, Shahe cannon meat, Yuhuangmiao tofu skin, Lao Dou mint candy...... A wide variety of local high-quality "special agricultural products" are readily available and dazzling, which also attracts many citizens to stop and choose.
Next to the booth of the first secretary to help farmers and New Year's goods, Hu Dongbin, the first secretary of Daokou Village, Yuhuangmiao Town, dispatched by the Shanghe County Business Service Center, stood in front of the booth of Yuhuangmiao Village and "shouted".
When Hu Dongbin saw the reporter walk into the booth, he immediately enthusiastically introduced the special tofu skin of Yuhuangmiao Town. "What we brought this time are Jade Emperor Temple tofu skin, soybean oil skin, handmade pot cakes and other specialties. Saying that, he picked up a piece of tofu skin and invited the reporter to taste it, the taste of the tofu skin is delicate and elastic, and the mellow bean aroma spreads out on the taste buds, as the packaging box says: "Wisps of fragrance overflow the pot, and the essence condenses and rolls gold leaf." Good taste of rare plant meat, bean curd blooms Maiqiupo. ”
"As the first secretary, I am very happy to speak for agricultural products, in line with the principle of sincerely serving enterprises and farmers, I hope to let more people understand and recommend the agricultural products of our village to help rural revitalization. Hu Dongbin said.
In the special exhibition area of the top ten "good New Year's goods" on the side, Dou Mingran, the fourth-generation inheritor of Lao Dou mints in Lao Dou Village, Zhangfang Town, was busy packing for customers while introducing it to reporters. "Our mints are handmade, all additive-free, the ingredient list is very clean, only white sugar, maltose syrup, natural mints, adults and children love to eat. It has a history of more than 150 years, and now it has been included in the municipal intangible cultural heritage project, so everyone can eat more assured. ”
"I didn't know that there are so many high-quality agricultural products in our hometown, where you can not only taste and eat, but also visit the exhibition area and buy New Year's goods at your doorstep, which is a lot in one fell swoop!" said Ms. Gong, a citizen. Aunties walking around with shopping bags, uncles haggling in front of stalls, and couples shopping for fresh flowers...... Everyone melted into this warm and harmonious picture and gathered into a strong "New Year's flavor".