Affected by the new crown epidemic, since 2020, the large-scale traditional folk activity of the Lantern Festival in Foshan City, "Xingtongji", has been forced to be carried out online, and many friends have expressed that it is "not enjoyable enough". As winter turns to spring, the epidemic gradually recedes, and on February 2021, 2, the Chinese traditional festival Yen Supper Festival is approaching, Meilun International specially planned an internal version of "Xingtongji" for teachers and students. Teachers and students dressed up in traditional Chinese costumes, lined up according to classes or groups, played pitching games, hung lanterns, held up windmills, and wrote the word "Fu" and good wishes... In Meilun, "Xingtongji", the year is smooth to the end of the year, and there is "no closure" in studying and further studying!
Following the local traditional folk customs of Foshan, Meilun's version of "Xingtongji" is also full of details, teachers and students have a sequence team, with handwritten "Fu" characters, windmills meaning "time to run" and "smooth sailing", lettuce meaning "victory" and "wealth generation", passing through the "Meilun Tongji Bridge" in turn. On the bridge deck, classes and groups took photos to commemorate this beautiful moment.
"Xingtongji" is a traditional folk activity in Foshan City. As a blessing event held during the Lantern Festival. Every day, families will help the old and the young, from early morning to night, holding windmills, shaking wind chimes, and carrying lettuce across the Tongji Bridge from north to south, praying for peace, smoothness and prosperity in the coming year. The real practice of Tongji is the 16th day of the first month, and Xingtongji is a folk cultural activity that reflects traditional beliefs, customs and blessing ceremonies.
Lantern Festival prayer, Meilun blessed. Walking across the "Tongji Bridge", teachers and students posted the "Fu" character in their hands on the "Blessed Wall", and finally successfully spliced together into a huge "Wanfu Wall". Teachers and students hung lanterns in the lantern area, and big red lanterns hung high and joyful. Immediately afterwards, the students played a pot throwing game in an orderly manner, throwing "lucky arrows" under the guidance of the on-site staff, and the class with a high hit rate would have school package coupons, water bar coupons and li bags and other good gifts. The students used their whimsy and changed different methods to pitch pots, and they all laughed and were overjoyed. In addition, teachers and students also posted their handwritten "wish slips" on the wish wall to express their sincere and good wishes in their hearts.
At noon on the day of the Lantern Festival, the school canteen provided free Chinese rice balls for all teachers and students. Take a bite of sweet and sticky rice balls, warm your stomach and heart, and set off with a better vision for the future days with good times.
The more national, the more worldly. Carrying out excellent Chinese traditional festival cultural activities can enrich campus cultural life on the one hand, and on the other hand, allow students to immerse themselves in the beautiful meaning and fun of excellent traditional culture, thereby enhancing students' "cultural confidence", so that Meilun students can truly take root in China and face the world.
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