On February 3, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, USA, visitors learned to use a brush.
In 2024, the celebration of "Welcome the Year of the Loong Happy Spring Festival" was held, with dragon dance performances, woodblock New Year pictures and special exhibitions in the Year of the Loong attracting a large number of visitors. Xinhua News Agency reporter: Photographed by Zhang Fengguo.
Accompanied by the jubilant sound of gongs and drums, a golden and red loong passes through the lobby of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the largest art museum in the United States. The splendid dragon dance performance officially opened the celebration of "Welcome the Year of the Loong Happy Spring Festival" in 2024 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on the 3rd.
This celebration covers woodcut New Year pictures, lucky lantern making, calligraphy, painting, poetry appreciation, jazz performance, puppet show and other art forms, attracting local people to come here. They carry newly-made lanterns, wear headdresses made of colored paper, and some people wear traditional costumes such as cheongsam and Hanfu, which together with the exhibits of different cultures in the museum form a wonderful picture of cultural integration.
On the same day, Zhejiang Cultural Center brought the traditional handicraft project "Woodblock New Year Pictures" from China, and there was a long queue in front of the classroom in the handicraft workshop. Huang Jiecheng, the young inheritor of engraving printing technology in Hangzhou, a national intangible cultural heritage project, told the parents and children who participated in the activity about the history of engraving printing, demonstrated it by hand, taught it interactively, smeared ink, brushed it evenly and printed it, and a series of beautiful paintings were born in admiration.
Ruan Jing, director of Zhejiang Cultural Center, told the reporter that he hoped that the live performances would make local children feel the characteristics, interest and charm of China culture, and that with the help of China traditional folk art forms, China's excellent traditional culture would enter the hearts of the American people.
Local citizen Crystal Wolfard participated in a woodcut New Year painting workshop activity with four children. She said she was glad to have the opportunity to experience Chinese culture with her child. Grace, the 12-year-old daughter of Wolford, excitedly held up her own work and said that woodblock New Year paintings and the Chinese culture they represent are "particularly cool". The process of printing New Year paintings step by step is very interesting, and the teacher's explanation also made her understand the complexity of woodblock carving technology. I am very interested in Chinese culture and hope to go to China one day.
In the lobby of the America Pavilion, with the familiar melody playing, 'Congratulations, congratulations, congratulations! Congratulations!', a joyful and lively atmosphere fills the air. The performance of Asian musician jazz bands has attracted a large audience. Lin Heyi, the band leader and trombone bearer wearing Tang costumes with a hundred surnames pattern, told reporters that music is a great window to understand Chinese culture. As a Chinese musician, his mission is to pass on Chinese culture to more Americans.
With the increasing understanding of traditional Chinese culture, the concept of the twelve zodiac signs has become popular among young people in the United States. Many people can clearly state their zodiac signs and meanings, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art presents exhibitions of different zodiac signs every year.
On February 3rd, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, visitors walked past the dragon bowl of Yue kiln celadon displayed
in the special exhibition "Auspicious the Year of the Loong".
In order to welcome the Year of the Loong, the Asia Department of the Museum carefully arranged the special exhibition "Auspicious the Year of the Loong" full of dragon elements, and selected dozens of dragon-related ceramics, jade articles, lacquerware, metal products and textiles, reflecting the important significance of dragons in China culture.
2024 is the sixth consecutive year that the metropolis celebrates the Spring Festival. Heidi Holder, head of the museum's education department, told reporters: "The Spring Festival activities are extremely popular, attracting 18,000 people last year." For the American people, the Spring Festival is a good starting point to learn about China culture. While celebrating the festival, we can learn about the Chinese zodiac and learn to make traditional handicrafts. "If you want to celebrate the Lunar New Year, the Metropolitan Museum of Art is the best choice!"
On February 3, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, USA, visitors watched the dragon dance performance.
On February 3, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, USA, visitors watched the dragon dance performance.
In new york, celebrating the Spring Festival is not only a tradition of Chinese and Asian communities, but also a legal holiday of state public schools in New York since 2024. As Holder said, "People from all over the world gather in new york, and no matter where they come from, they can celebrate the Spring Festival with others."
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