China Business Network News "twenty-six cut New Year meat", on this day people began to buy New Year goods to welcome the arrival of the Spring Festival. Today is the 26th day of the lunar month, and it is also the first day of the large-scale live broadcast activity of "Staying in Xi'an And Happy New Year - 2021 Local New Year Tribute to Urban Workers" specially planned by Huashang Network. Following the footsteps of Wang Zhi, deputy director of the Xi'an Intangible Culture Protection Center and a folk culture scholar, the anchor led two representatives of workers into Xi'an Yongxingfang, Defachang and Xi'an City Wall to feel the strong taste of the New Year.
The enthusiastic and heroic "opening ceremony" greets the "original young people" in Xi'an
At 10:00 a.m., Yongxingfang's enthusiastic and heroic "street opening ceremony" attracted Wang Zhi, an intangible cultural heritage expert of the "Shaanxi Intangible Cultural Heritage Encyclopedia", and Ji Ru and Shi Kaibo, representatives of workers who stayed in Xi'an for the New Year.
Wang Zhi, deputy director of the Xi'an Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection Center and a folk culture scholar, has been in contact with intangible cultural heritage for more than 30 years, and has been in the front line of intangible cultural heritage rescue and protection, so far he has visited more than 2,000 villages, investigated more than 3,000 intangible cultural heritage artists, accumulated more than 20,000 collections for the intangible cultural heritage museum, and accumulated countless oral rescue materials. After the opening ceremony of Yongxingfang, Wang Zhi introduced the folk customs of Xi'an New Year to the representatives of the workers, and through the live broadcast of the Chinese merchant network, more migrant workers who stayed in Xi'an for the New Year felt that this peace of mind was the strong New Year flavor of my hometown.
Ji Ru, a passenger attendant at Xi'an North Railway Station, came to Xi'an from Urumqi in 2013 to attend university from study to work, and she slowly fell in love with the ancient city of Xi'an. Especially Shaanxi cuisine, from the beginning of the unaccustomed to the current meal is not eaten is very missed, Ji Ru said that he has been integrated into Xi'an, so he can not go back to his hometown for the New Year and does not feel lonely.
Shi Kaibo from the Shaanxi Branch of the Bank of China, has been working in Xi'an for five years, in previous years he would take his wife back to Shijiazhuang for the New Year, last year because of the epidemic did not return, originally planned to go back this year's Spring Festival, but learned that Xi'an advocated the new year in situ, for the sake of the overall situation he stayed. His decision was also supported by his parents.
After the "opening ceremony", Duan Xiaoyu, general manager of Yongxingfang, took everyone to feel the characteristics of New Year's food from all over Shaanxi. Walk around Yongxingfang and you can taste the cuisine of almost all the prefectures and cities in Shaanxi. In addition to food, you can also feel the colorful Folk Culture of the New Year here - listening to a Huayin old style, or watching a Huaxian shadow puppet show, Heyang marionettes, all full of strong Shaanxi New Year flavor.
Eat a feast of time-honored dumplings and step on the thousand-year-old city wall
Whether it is Jiru from Urumqi or Shi Kaibo from Shijiazhuang, eating dumplings in the New Year is an indispensable project for family reunion, although this year can not go home for the New Year, but you can still eat a special "dumpling feast" with everyone through "staying in Xi'an • Happy New Year" to feel the New Year atmosphere. The family banquet was made by the non-hereditary heirs themselves, and the food was both food and culture.
Founded in 1936, Xi'an Defa Chang is a long-established Chinese dumpling restaurant with a long history. At present, the Defa long dumpling feast has developed to more than 200 varieties, and the combination of meals has dozens of banquets such as welcome banquet, auspicious banquet, dragon and phoenix banquet, three fresh banquets, and Luohan Zhai feast.
There is such a stunning dumpling feast, of course, there are skilled producers behind it. Ma Shunli, the inheritor of the dumpling making skills of Defa Chang's intangible cultural heritage, has painstakingly studied dumpling making since entering Defa Chang at the age of 16, and this work has been more than 30 years. She not only mastered the production of dumplings, but also continued to innovate, which led to more than two hundred kinds of dumplings that people see today, and the number set a Guinness book in the world, which has not been broken so far.
In addition to marveling at the sumptuous dumpling feast, Wang Zhi, an expert on intangible cultural heritage, and two former people also wrapped up dumplings under the leadership of Ma Shunli. Although it is thousands of miles away from the family, under the lively atmosphere, I also feel the strong family affection of the Spring Festival.
Recently, the City Wall Lantern Festival is one of the most popular places for Xi'an people to celebrate the New Year. After tasting the dumpling feast, the anchor of The Chinese Merchant Network took everyone to climb the ancient city wall of Xi'an for a walk, and added some knowledge reserves for the lantern festival by the way.
Xi'an Ancient City Wall "Lantern Festival" from 1984 to the present, every year with a brilliant and grand lantern will be used to promote this ancient capital of the Thirteen Dynasties into a festive Spring Festival. Although the epidemic situation is now under control, but still can not be relaxed, the city wall docent Li Kaile introduced, the theme of this year's ancient city wall lantern fair is "cloud lantern exhibition", it is recommended that everyone enjoy the lights online.
Every festival highlights elements such as the Lunar New Year, and this year is no exception. The theme of the 2021 Xi'an City Wall Lantern Festival is "Year in Xi'an" and "Blessing of the Xi'an City Wall in 2021", in addition to pan-traditional culture, highlighting Tang Wenhua elements, elements of the 14th National Games, qinling four treasure elements, modern Silk Road elements and starry sky technology elements.
The epidemic has "stopped" the footsteps of migrant workers returning to their hometowns for the New Year, and although the small family cannot be reunited, the ancient city has become a warm big family of these "original people". We hope that everyone who adds bricks and tiles to the ancient city can feel the taste of Xi'an, a day is fleeting, of course, it is not enough to express our respect for the workers, nor is it enough to experience the full taste of the ancient city, on February 8 and 9, we will continue to live broadcast through the Chinese business headlines, Huashang Network Weibo, Huashang Network Douyin and other multi-way live broadcasts, continue to take the "original young people" together, feel the Xi'an New Year flavor. And in the interactive session of netizens at this event, Xi'an Food Group provided a new year steamed bowl gift box worth 178 yuan, and Yum Company provided kFC New Year 100 yuan coupon pack, don't miss it.
Reporters Liu Chao, Mao Jiaxin, Wu Lei