During the Spring Festival, in order to enrich the students' winter vacation life, various communities in the Urumqi Economic and Technological Development Zone (Toutunhe District) have carried out cultural activities, so that children can carry forward the excellent traditional Chinese culture and celebrate the Spring Festival.
With the theme of "Welcoming the Year of the Dragon with Thick Ink Fragrance, Sending Blessings and Sending Spring Festival Couplets", the New Era Civilization Practice Station of Guangzhou Street Community organized young people in the jurisdiction to carry out activities of writing couplets and blessing characters. Local first-class calligraphers will be invited as instructors to introduce the origin, development and cultural connotation of couplets, and teach the skills and essentials of writing to young people, so that they can experience the unique charm of traditional culture.
The New Era Civilization Practice Station of Xiangshan Street Community carried out the activity of "Skillfully Making Lanterns and Welcoming the New Year with Joy", organizing young people to learn about New Year's customs and make handmade lanterns. The beautiful and delicate dragon lanterns carry everyone's New Year's wishes, so that children can experience the charm of traditional culture while improving their hands-on ability and innovation ability, and carry forward and inherit traditional festival customs.
The New Era Civilization Practice Station of the Railway Garden Community and the Parents Alliance jointly launched the "Water Extension Fan" intangible cultural heritage art course to promote the excellent traditional Chinese culture, increase the patriotic feelings of young people, and cultivate cultural self-confidence. The children gave full play to their imagination and painted a kaleidoscopic pattern into a unique and antique fan, and the traditional art of the ink pool method was exerted and rendered to the extreme in the classroom.
The New Era Civilization Practice Station of Pudong Street Community held a special theme activity of "Searching for New Year's Flavor and Picking Up New Year's Customs". Under the on-site guidance of the community staff, parents and children worked together to make handmade DIY pendants in the style of national tide and learn paper-cutting skills. The lion pendants are delicate and beautiful, and the paper-cut works imply good wishes such as auspiciousness and happiness, creating a strong festival atmosphere.