Spring Festival Special
In December 2024, my country's application for "Spring Festival - Chinese people's social practice of celebrating the traditional New Year" was successfully included in the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity of UNESCO. As the New Year is approaching, the Central Plains is full of the festive atmosphere, and various places are "showing off" their best products, and the intangible cultural heritage activities are wonderful.
How to spend a wonderful year of intangible cultural heritage in Henan? ! In order to celebrate the first Spring Festival after the successful application for World Heritage, Henan Intangible Cultural Heritage launched the "Spring Festival Special" column to preview the wonderful intangible cultural heritage activities in various parts of Henan. Come and follow the editor to see the first wave of previews~ (ps: To be continued, follow us, there will be more exciting previews)
Zhengzhou
I went to a scenic spot in Henan and encountered a non-legacy "Spring Festival Garden Party"
During the Spring Festival, tourists will have the opportunity to encounter a unique intangible cultural heritage "Spring Festival Garden Party" at the "Only Henan Drama Fantasy City" scenic spot. Our intangible cultural heritage inheritors will bring peddlers to display and sell, allowing tourists to immerse themselves in the unique charm of Henan's intangible cultural heritage while visiting the scenic spot. (ps: The event is hosted by the Henan Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism)
Hebi
Go to Junxian Ancient City and experience the "New Year's baptism" of intangible cultural heritage and folk customs
On January 15, 2025, the 17th Central Plains (Hebi) Folk Culture Festival will be grandly opened in Junxian Ancient City, and the event will last until February 13. By then, Hebi Junxian will dress up the ancient city with a grand scale and a strong New Year atmosphere, with wonderful non-legacy projects such as community fire performances, dragon and lion dances, mud cuckoo, Taiping tune, etc., and the 1,600-year-old "North China's First Ancient Temple Fair" will be presented to visitors from all directions. (ps: The event is hosted by the Hebi Municipal Bureau of Culture, Radio, Film and Tourism)
Kaifeng
Go to the Municipal Cultural Center and print a "New Year's Chapter" of the intangible cultural heritage New Year painting
On January 22, 2025 (the Lunar New Year's Eve), the "Printing Spring and Autumn Years - 2025 Zhuxian Town Woodblock New Year Painting New Year Exhibition" will be held in the art exhibition hall on the 15th floor of the new Kaifeng Cultural Center. Visitors can experience the brilliant millennium-old craft of woodblock New Year paintings up close. The various patterns and shapes not only inherit traditional culture, but also incorporate fashion elements, conveying beautiful expectations for a new year and a new life. (ps: The event is hosted by the Kaifeng Municipal Bureau of Culture, Radio, Film and Tourism)
Anyang
Go to Cangxiang Street and experience the intangible cultural heritage of spring festival "Si Si Ru Yi"
From January 29 to February 2, 2025, a series of activities will be held in Cangxiang Street, Anyang City, titled "Si Si Ru Yi·Intangible Cultural Heritage Celebrates the New Year". Activities such as "Intangible Cultural Heritage Dragon and Lion Feast", "Chinese Folk Customs Feast", "Huo Kettle Dance Performance Show, Paper-cutting Hanfu Performance Show", "When Folk Music Meets New Year's BGM", and "Come to the Ancient City to Meet the Shining 'Art Keepers'" will meet the audience in turn from the first to the fifth day of the Lunar New Year. (ps: The event is hosted by the Anyang Municipal Bureau of Culture, Radio, Film and Tourism)
Zhengzhou
Go to Henan Museum and listen to the intangible cultural heritage music "Spring Strings"
From January 31 to February 4, 2025, the "Intangible Cultural Heritage Celebrating the New Year - 'Spring Full of Strings' Intangible Cultural Heritage Spring Festival Concert" held at the Henan Museum will showcase intangible cultural heritage projects such as "Central Plains Book of Songs Ancient Music" and "Guqin Art". There will be not only the singing of Book of Songs music such as "Book of Songs·Xiaoya·Luming", but also the Guqin performance of the music "Flowing Water". The performance will be held once a day from 17:00 to 17:50, and it is not to be missed.
