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people's daily online, stockholm, september 21 (reporter yin miao) on september 21, the king's garden in stockholm, the capital of sweden, was crowded with people and very lively. the "mid-autumn festival garden party" hosted by the stockholm chinese cultural center was held here. on that day, people from china and sweden gathered together to celebrate the traditional chinese festival, the mid-autumn festival, which symbolizes reunion and harmony. the event was full of joy and laughter.

on that day, the king's garden seemed to have turned into a sea of ​​joy. the rich and colorful cultural experience projects not only attracted the attention of many adults, but also attracted a large number of families and children to participate. participants can not only make creative mid-autumn festival gifts, such as template printing and lantern painting, but also experience traditional arts such as go, calligraphy, and paper cutting. in addition, there are carefully set up chinese food stalls on site for people to taste classic foods such as pancakes, dumplings, spring rolls and barbecue. everyone feels the strong festive atmosphere in the fusion of food and culture.

"my three friends and i participated in the calligraphy experience and it was great!" chris, a dutch tourist who once worked in shenzhen, china, told reporters. he said: "under the guidance of the calligraphy teacher, i wrote my chinese name neatly with a brush, which was very interesting."

jim, a swedish information technology engineer and a member of the stockholm go club, told reporters, "go originated in china four or five thousand years ago and is a high-level intellectual game, but many foreigners don't know this." "through similar activities, i hope to see more and more swedes get in touch with and understand china's long history and culture."

swedish citizen larsson brought his two children to the event. he said that the event helped him understand more about chinese culture and brought him and his family an unforgettable weekend. "this is our first time to participate in the mid-autumn festival celebration. not only is the food delicious, but the performances are also very exciting."

in addition to cultural experience and food, the most anticipated part of the garden tour is the carefully choreographed art performances. accompanied by the joyful and lively music, poetry recitation "beautiful autumn", popular song "blue and white porcelain", children's chorus "beautiful little world", piano ensemble "colorful clouds chasing the moon to mid-autumn festival", modern dance "grain in ear", chinese dance "dream of red mansions" and classic song "may we live long" were performed in turn, attracting the audience to stop and watch. in particular, the performance of "subject three" was rhythmic and won warm applause from the audience.

at the event, the "flash mob" activity organized by the shanghai philharmonic orchestra was another highlight of the mid-autumn festival garden party. when the musicians of the shanghai philharmonic orchestra played the "cloud palace swift sound" adapted with orchestral instruments, the audience and tourists in the king's garden square gathered around and took out their mobile phones to record and take pictures.

"when the orchestral music sounded, i felt that the music was so familiar." hu jinbo, a chinese student at the swedish university of agricultural sciences, told reporters that the popularity of the video game "black myth: wukong" has also made the theme song "cloud palace swift sound" of "journey to the west" popular. "today's mid-autumn festival garden fair is quite large, very good!" it not only provides opportunities to experience traditional chinese culture such as brushes and stencil printing, but also a variety of chinese food to taste. i believe that similar cultural experience activities can promote mutual understanding between people from different cultural backgrounds.

gao shanfeng, director of the shanghai philharmonic orchestra, said, "we adapted the music clip of swift sound of cloud palace to participate in this flash mob event in order to quickly narrow the distance with music fans. music has no borders, and we hope that music can become a melody that enhances friendship and understanding among people."

li rui, cultural reference of the chinese embassy in sweden and director of the stockholm cultural center, said that this mid-autumn festival garden party is not only to promote chinese culture, but also to take this opportunity to let the people of china and sweden deepen their mutual understanding and friendship through the bridge of culture. "we hope that through such activities, the people of china and sweden can 'share this moment together' and feel the warmth and reunion brought by the mid-autumn festival."

it is understood that "along the world - mid-autumn festival garden party" is the first series of mid-autumn festival activities held by the chinese cultural center in stockholm. in the future, there will be "mid-autumn festival concert of uppsala university in sweden", "exhibition lecture and guided tour by the president of jingdezhen ceramics university", "lilla akademien mid-autumn festival concert" and "opening ceremony and lecture of chinese comedy costume design exhibition" and other activities.

(people's daily online - international channel)