China’s ＂taste of the year＂ is fragrant, and overseas Chinese in the world expand their overseas influence during the Spring Festival

　　International Online Reporter (He Yuyang): The Spring Festival of China Lunar Year of the Dog is approaching, and the atmosphere of welcoming the Spring Festival is not only permeated in China, but also all over the world. Dance with dragons and lions, paste Spring Festival couplets, hang lanterns and eat dumplings … … These traditional customs of celebrating the Spring Festival in China have been gradually integrated into the local culture of foreign countries, and more and more foreigners are familiar with them. The foreign mainstream society is paying more and more attention to and participating in the Spring Festival activities. The overseas influence of China Spring Festival culture is increasing, which is inseparable from the promotion of overseas Chinese. While they are spending the festive season with their family and friends, they are also spreading and promoting the "flavor of the year" in China.

　　Portuguese Chinese: Invite foreigners to write "Chinese Dream" with a brush.

　　"This year to participate in Portugal ‘ Happy Spring Festival ’ There should be tens of thousands of people in the activity, and the locals account for the majority. Our Portuguese new media mainly invites foreigners to write with a brush this year ‘ Chinese dream ’ Three words, and then these brush characters are made into a wall, and everyone is very enthusiastic. " Ma Limei, president of Portuguese New Newspaper, said in an interview that the celebration of "Happy Spring Festival" in Portugal lasted for two days, just like the flower market and temple fair in Guangdong, it was crowded and very lively.

　　Since the Spring Festival in 2010, the Ministry of Culture of China, together with relevant state ministries and commissions, local cultural organizations and overseas institutions, has jointly launched a large-scale cultural exchange activity of "Happy Spring Festival", with the aim of spending the Lunar New Year with people from all countries, sharing Chinese culture and building a harmonious world. At present, the "Happy Spring Festival" in 2018 has been held in many cities around the world. The activities include street marching performances, Spring Festival cultural exhibitions, square performances and theater performances.

　　"The Spring Festival is highly recognized in Lisbon, and all municipal governments attach great importance to and participate in it. This year, the Portuguese Prime Minister also sent representatives to participate in ‘ Happy Spring Festival ’ Catarina Vaz Pinto, deputy mayor of Lisbon, also attended the event. The scale of our celebration is getting bigger and bigger every year, and local mainstream media and TV stations have reported it, making the Spring Festival a household name in the local area. Many locals are proud to speak a few words of Mandarin. " Ma Limei told reporters that in addition to watching the parade, you can also buy China ceramic dolls and small pendants with China characteristics at the exhibition, which attracted a large number of people to attend.

　　Ma Limei said that "Happy China" entered Portugal in 2014. Before that, local overseas Chinese delegations would organize various forms of Spring Festival Gala, inviting relatives and friends to enjoy the Spring Festival dinner and share the joy of the Spring Festival. "When red lanterns are hung on the streets, local people will know that Chinese is going to celebrate the Spring Festival."

　　When talking about why the activity of writing "Chinese Dream" was held this year, Ma Limei said that every overseas traveler has his own "Chinese Dream", which is a dream of hoping for a strong motherland. "We overseas Chinese sincerely hope that our ancestral home country will be prosperous and healthy, because our local social status is closely related to the strength of our ancestral home country. In addition, Chinese has an innate patriotic feeling of loving his hometown. Even if it has not affected his life, he still pays attention to it at all times. "

　　Chinese Americans: Children introduce Spring Festival culture at school.

　　The American Qiao Bao reported that today’s New Year and Spring Festival activities are no longer the concept of one or two, two or three, three or four ten years ago. Counting by fingers, I am afraid that ten fingers are not enough. Although the Spring Festival has not yet arrived, California alone has held many prestigious events such as "Southern Canadian Chinese Spring Festival Gala", "American Chinese Spring Festival Gala", "World Chinese Spring Festival Gala" and "Global Chinese Spring Festival Gala".

　　"Our community also held a Spring Festival Gala. I will go back to the United States for the Spring Festival on the 14th, and I will go back to the United States to spend the Spring Festival with my family every year. " Wang Li ‘ang, the executive vice president of Wan Xuan Tong, a domestic platform for quick selection of industrial products, is a Chinese-American. In recent years, he chose to return to China for development, but he told reporters that the Spring Festival must be a family reunion.

　　"Many celebrations will be held in Chinese communities such as Flushing, such as lion dance and kung fu show, and foreigners will wear cheongsam. Many people are lively and adults and children love to watch it." Wang Li ‘ang said that the influence of the Spring Festival in China is growing overseas, and many foreigners also participate in celebrations such as the Spring Festival parade.

　　"My child is in primary school. As soon as the Spring Festival arrives, the school teacher will organize the children to introduce the Spring Festival and the Spring Festival customs. I introduced it at school before. " Wang Li ‘ang said that the customs of overseas Chinese celebrating the Spring Festival, such as having dinner, posting Spring Festival couplets and watching the Spring Festival Gala broadcast on TV, are well known to the local people.

　　It is worth mentioning that, after years of campaigning by elected officials in Asian communities, in June 2015, the Spring Festival became a public holiday for public schools in new york City, USA, with one day off. In addition, in September 2016, the California Department of Education also approved the revision of primary school history textbooks in public schools. The new textbooks will include an introduction to the Asian Lunar New Year and the significance of the Lunar New Year to Asian communities in California.

　　Korean Chinese: Organizing the Spring Festival Gala in conjunction with local organizations.

　　As Koreans also celebrate the Spring Festival, Spring Festival activities have become a great event jointly organized and participated by overseas Chinese and local people. On February 11th, the All-China Federation of Korean Chinese, South Korea’s Xinhua News Agency and South Korea’s local community "Love and Sharing Movement" jointly hosted a Spring Festival Gala, which was held grandly in the auditorium of the government building in Seoul’s Kowloon Old District.

　　"Since 2005, we have consciously spread the traditional culture of China through the Spring Festival. This time, the local Korean community invited us to jointly hold the Spring Festival Evening, because the Spring Festival Evening we held has accumulated a good reputation in the local area. " Cao Mingquan, president of South Korea’s Xinhua News Agency, said in an interview that their Spring Festival Evening was rich and varied, with Korean songs and China songs, and the host was bilingual in China and South Korea.

　　According to Cao Mingquan, nearly 800 people attended the celebration that day, including more than 300 Koreans. "Koreans also celebrate the Spring Festival, but the way they celebrate the Spring Festival is still different from that of China. We will take the opportunity to promote the Spring Festival culture in China." Cao Mingquan said that in order to promote China’s traditional culture, they usually hold seminars on Mencius thoughts and other activities.

　　Cao Mingquan told reporters that the Spring Festival Gala was held not only to celebrate the traditional festivals in China, but also to express the thoughts of overseas Chinese on their homeland. "The Chinese New Year complex of overseas Chinese in South Korea is getting stronger and stronger. Both Han compatriots and Korean compatriots have started to hold traditional China Spring Festival parties."

　　It is reported that the Spring Festival is also a legal holiday in Korea, and the government stipulates that the Spring Festival has a three-day holiday. During the Spring Festival, overseas Chinese and local people will hold ancestor worship activities. Relatives, neighbors and friends will visit each other and pay New Year greetings. The elders will give lucky money to the younger generation and express their wishes to each other.

　　French Chinese: Organizing the Spring Festival Gala in conjunction with the local municipal government.

　　Since the 1980s, the 13th arrondissement of Paris, where overseas Chinese live together, has continued the tradition of the annual Spring Festival makeup parade, and has become a common festival for the French people and overseas Chinese living in France, attracting nearly 200,000 Chinese and foreign audiences every year.

　　In Nice, a holiday resort in southeastern France, the atmosphere of the Spring Festival is rare. This year, local overseas Chinese and overseas Chinese delegations decided to join hands with the Nice municipal government to jointly hold a "large-scale, high-style" Spring Festival Gala to expand the popularity of the Spring Festival in the local area.　

　　"We want to celebrate the Spring Festival, but also to enhance the influence of local Chinese. The city government of Nice also hopes that more Chinese can understand the city. " Yu Manqi, president of the Chinese Association of C? te d ‘Azur, told the reporter that the two sides hit it off and decided to hold a special Spring Festival Gala jointly by the Nice Municipal Government, the Confucius Institute in C? te d ‘Azur, the Nice Scholars and Students Association and the Chinese Association of C? te d ‘Azur, which will be held on the evening of February 13th local time. At that time, the mayor of Nice and other local politicians will also attend.

　　"It is estimated that 800 people will attend, which is the largest event ever held by Chinese in Nice. In the future, not only the Spring Festival, but also every important traditional festival in China, we are ready to organize corresponding activities. " Yu Manqi said.

　　It is reported that since 2009, the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the State Council has created a series of cultural activities of "Cultural China, Four Seas in the Same Spring" to celebrate the Spring Festival with overseas Chinese.

　　Yang Hongji, a 77-year-old baritone singer in China, has performed overseas with the group for many times. In an interview, he once said, "Compared with performing in China, the feelings for the motherland and hometown are stronger. Both overseas Chinese and our actors are deeply infected. "