comprehensive news | the moon is bright and everyone is looking forward to reunion - mid-autumn festival celebrations are held in many countries around the world
2024-09-17
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xinhua news agency, beijing, september 17th. comprehensive reports from xinhua news agency's foreign correspondents: in recent days, mid-autumn festival activities that symbolize reunion, happiness and well-being have been held in many countries around the world, becoming an important window for people from all countries to understand china's traditional culture and promote exchanges and mutual learning among civilizations.
the chinese embassy in the united states held the "go home and reunite" 2024 mid-autumn festival concert for overseas chinese on both sides of the taiwan strait. the event was warm and touching. the female solo "homesickness" and the guzheng solo "may we live long" aroused the audience's strong homesickness. the guests sang "my chinese heart" together, which set off the climax of the whole concert. overseas chinese said that every festive season makes them miss their relatives more, and everyone looks forward to family reunification and wishes the country an early reunification. they are willing to contribute to promoting cross-strait exchanges and the stable development of sino-us relations.
the overseas chinese community in sao paulo, brazil, held a two-day "gathering for mid-autumn festival" carnival in "march 25 street" where chinese businessmen are concentrated. dragon and lion dances, martial arts, drum teams, songs and dances were performed brilliantly, and the performance of the zhejiang wu opera troupe became a highlight. on the evening of the 14th, the 105.91-meter dragon dance jointly created by 15 kung fu schools in sao paulo officially debuted, setting a record for "the longest dragon in brazil". the carnival attracted nearly 300,000 people. brazilian guests believed that this event allowed more people to experience chinese culture, enhance their understanding of the chinese people, and further deepen the friendship between the two sides.
in london's chinatown, the mid-autumn festival attracted a large number of overseas chinese, london residents and tourists from all over the world. from peking opera, martial arts and lion dance full of traditional charm, to programs such as "pipa language" and "luoshui jiaoren" that integrate classical or folk art, to dance, band and chorus performances full of contemporary popular elements... actors from different cultural backgrounds and different skin colors presented a colorful cultural feast, and the audience cheered and applauded.
in gaborone, the capital of botswana, the 2024 botswana chinese mid-autumn festival temple fair was crowded with people and the atmosphere was warm. the lion dance performance kicked off the temple fair, and chinese and botswana children performed dances and choruses together. the chinese drum performance "loyalty to the country" brought the event to a climax. chinese handicraft stalls and food stalls were set up on site, and the confucius institute at the university of botswana carried out interactive activities such as calligraphy exhibitions and chinese teaching. many local people said that this was the first time they felt the charm of chinese culture so closely, and they hoped to hold more such activities in the future.
the "mid-autumn festival" series of activities was held in rabat, the capital of morocco. actors from sichuan performed folk music "flowers and full moon", "may we live long", "birds pay homage to the phoenix" and sichuan opera face-changing, acrobatics and other performances. the strong chinese style won the audience's applause. audience member rashid yazami said, "the people of morocco and china like the romance represented by the moon very much. today's performance surprised me very much."
on september 10, a moroccan girl took a photo with a moon model in rabat, the capital of morocco. photo by xinhua news agency reporter huo jingchina henan international namibia company (henan international) and the chinese medical aid team to namibia came to the sos children's village in windhoek, the capital of namibia, to make mooncakes and talk about the mid-autumn festival with more than 50 orphans there. karina shipanga, the head of the children's village, said: "today is the first time for me and the children to celebrate the traditional chinese festival with chinese friends. the children will remember every uncle and aunt from china."
the singapore chinese cultural center held the "mid-autumn poetry festival" which attracted more than 200 people including local celebrities in the cultural and art circles, school teachers and students, and overseas chinese. singaporean students interpreted the masterpieces of ancient chinese literati such as li bai and su shi with their children's voices, and the wonderful recitation from professional chinese actors showed the charm of ancient poems incisively and vividly, and the scene was filled with a strong mid-autumn cultural atmosphere.
the reception to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the founding of the people's republic of china and the "auspicious flowers and full moon" china-vietnam transnational mid-autumn festival gala were held in ho chi minh city, vietnam. artists and performance groups from china and vietnam performed on the same stage, singing songs of china-vietnam friendship and dancing to the "auspicious flowers and full moon" dance.
on september 15, belarusian chinese culture enthusiasts recited poems with the moon as the theme at the chinese cultural center in minsk. xinhua news agency (photo by ren kefu)using poetry as a medium, we talked about the mid-autumn festival. at the chinese cultural center in minsk, belarus, more than 150 belarusian chinese culture enthusiasts gathered together to recite poems with the moon as the theme in chinese and belarusian. at the chinese cultural center in bucharest, the capital of romania, students from the confucius institutes of the university of bucharest and the university of transylvania recited poems such as "looking at the moon and missing the distant" and "quiet night thoughts", and well-known local poets recited romanian masterpieces and original poems related to the moon. at the chinese cultural center in malta, maltese sinologist salvatore giuffre recited "spring in chinese" in chinese. at an event held at the national university of laos, students from the chinese department recited poems such as "a farewell to cambridge" and "homesickness", and also performed the dance "pipa song" and the song "my motherland and i"; "may we live long, and share the beauty of the moon together even though we are thousands miles apart." at a children's poetry reading held at the gandhi academy theater in mauritius, children from china and mauritius dressed in hanfu costumes and recited poems with passion, bringing the audience into a strong mid-autumn festival atmosphere.
on september 11, actors performed at a special performance themed "chinese style, nepalese feelings" in kathmandu, the capital of nepal. photo by harry maharjan, xinhua news agencyin addition, various mid-autumn festival celebrations were held in many countries. a special themed performance of "chinese style, nepalese feelings" was held in kathmandu, the capital of nepal. performance teams from east china university of technology and qinghai nationalities university performed dances, male and female solos, short dance dramas, chorus and other programs; in christchurch, the largest city in new zealand's south island, actors from the hubei art troupe performed songs and dances, instrumental ensembles and other performances with unique characteristics of jingchu culture at the mid-autumn poetry gala, which impressed the local audience; "across the world - mid-autumn poetry festival" was held in yangon, myanmar. nearly 150 people including myanmar college students and myanmar employees of chinese companies enjoyed poetry recitation, peking opera and other performances, and participated in mooncake making, calligraphy exhibition and other experience activities; in colombo, the capital of sri lanka, students from the confucius classroom recited poems at the mid-autumn poetry festival, and chinese actors performed sri lankan songs "pot dance" and "mountain songs are like spring river water" played with guangxi intangible cultural heritage instruments, showing the exchange and mutual learning of chinese and sri lankan civilizations.
