Various cultural events to celebrate Spring Festival
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- Category: Ningbo News
- Published: Tuesday, 11 February 2014 16:35
To celebrate the Spring Festival, Haishu District has prepared a full range of cultural activities with strong traditional and festive characteristics. It is said that during the Spring Festival holiday, there will be over 100 events including shows, exhibitions and folk cultural activities in the district.
For this year's festival, a series of activities demonstrating deep historical heritage, folk customs and distinctive cultural characteristics are launched along the Drum Tower area and the Nantang Ancient Street, such as fashion shows, concerts, food festivals, music magic shows, and martial arts performances. During the first three days of the new lunar year, various cultural events will be carried out on the streets around the Drum Tower. On the Nantang Ancient Street, visitors can watch red lanterns, take walks, taste traditional Ningbo snacks, watch shows by some folk artists and take pictures of the new year.
In the meanwhile, a "warm road to home" photographic exhibition was held by Haishu Federation of Literary and Art Circles. 80 photos of Haishu District are exhibited at the waiting hall of Ningbo Railway Station, attracting the eyes of many returned passengers. The district Association of Calligraphers organized some calligraphers to compose and write spring couplets at the Drum Tower area, the Moonlake
Flourishing Garden and some communities, so that the citizens can witness the writing of the couplets on scene and take them back for the Spring Festival. The Haishu District Library will also open to the public for free during the holiday, providing the people with a peaceful place for reading. In the communities, residents can enjoy various self-prepared performances. For example, in Liyuan Community, some "new Ningbonese" expressed their good wishes for the future life through the song "The Story of the Spring". In North Lianfeng Community, some primary school students presented a fashion show with clothes made by themselves to arouse people's environmental awareness.
Reportedly, just before the Spring Festival, Haishu District Government made it its priority to prepare a wonderful "cultural feast" for the citizens. Led by the Propaganda Department of the district Party Committee, all the streets authorities took part in the action. Besides, various theme activities will be held to celebrate the coming Lantern Festival. On the Nantang Ancient Steet, a series of folk custom activities will be carried out. In the Drum Tower area, there will be lantern exhibitions and revolving lantern parade. Large-scale celebrations and lantern tours will also be held at the Zhongshan Square.
