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Lantern fest to mark end of New Year celebrations
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THE Lantern Festival, which is celebrated on the 15th day of the first lunar month, is the first full moon night in the Chinese calendar.
Traditionally, it is marked by family reunions, lantern riddles and folk performances. This year, the festival fell on today, and Putuo District plans to host a series of cultural activities to mark the day.
The activities will wrap up the two-week long celebrations for the Chinese New Year.
The community cultural activity centers at Wanli and Ganquan will display interesting riddles written on the lanterns. Visitors will receive special New Year couplets written in Chinese calligraphy. They will also learn how to make traditional rabbit lamps and will be invited to attend light-hearted parenting events.
To raise awareness of traditional Chinese culture among teenagers, the Putuo District Children’s Library plans to host an event to guess riddles. Teenagers will be asked to guess the answers from a word, a poem or a phrase so that they can get an insight about traditional culture and custom.
The Putuo District Culture Center will organize a musical performance that will feature singing, dancing, acrobatics, magic and African Drums. The exotic performance will be presented by the Shanghai Encore Arts Group. Performers from different countries will celebrate the traditional Chinese festival in their own special way.
The center plans to host a series of cultural programs this year and bring joy and happiness to local people.
Meanwhile, dozens of cultural events and programs were held and well received by people during the Spring Festival that fell on January 28 this year.
The events to welcome the Year of the Rooster included song and dance shows, plays, public film screenings, art exhibitions and folk cultural displays.
The cultural roots and charms of the Spring and Lantern festivals were explored through these events.
The Putuo Culture Center invited veteran calligraphy artists to write couplets about spring and the Chinese word fu (福), which means “fortune” and “good luck.”
The Taopu Culture Center hosted an exhibition on the origins and forms of Spring Festival customs and culture. The exhibition attracted more than 500 people of various ages. It provided insights into the age-old Chinese customs about Spring Festival couplets, family dinners on New Year’s Eve and New Year lucky money. More than 100 visitors were gifted auspicious spring festival couplets as new year wishes.
The Putuo District Art Museum also held a painting and calligraphy exhibition. The exhibition paid tribute to the virtues and values of modern China. Local Putuo residents who live or work along the Suzhou Creek created most of the works. They hope to preserve and promote the traditional arts and culture.
A lot of other cultural activities were on show at the community centers across Putuo.
Taopu Community Cultural Activity Center presented an art exhibition of intangible cultural heritage. Painting and calligraphy works of celebrated artists Zhu Shoujun and Yang Soun-sho were displayed.
Yang, a student of art masters Zhang Daqian and Sun Yunsheng, has a deep understanding of traditional Chinese culture.
Traditional theater performances by Huju and Huaiju operas and woodcut paintings were displayed. Huxi Cinema also held a number of public film screenings for community residents.
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