Latvian Happy Spring Festival Temple Fair
当地时间2月10日，拉脱维亚“欢乐春节”庙会于里加大基尔德音乐厅顺利举行。本次庙会主要由中国驻拉脱维亚大使馆和里加中国文化中心等主办，由拉脱维亚华侨华人联合会、拉脱维亚大学孔子学院、拉脱维亚留华同学会承办。驻拉脱维亚大使馆孙应来参赞与数百名当地市民一起参加了此次活动。
庙会开始前，中国传统舞狮表演引得观众欢呼一片，柔力球与现代舞的完美结合使得全场气氛热闹非常！
此次庙会活动分为三个区域，首先是苏州非物质文化遗产展示展演区，主要涉及苏州发秀、苏州核雕、苏州剪纸、苏州泥塑、苏州灯彩、苏绣、苏州篆刻等。各位专区大师纷纷向观众展示这些高超的技艺，孔子学院志愿者老师协助讲解、发放礼品，积极回答观众问题，赢得观众的热烈赞许！
其次是欢乐游戏区，主要包括“海底捞月”、“套圈圈”、“贴鼻子”、“抓沙包”、“踢毽子”、“掌上明珠”等，游戏热闹有趣，奖品丰厚。这里不仅是孩子的游乐天地，更是家长与孩子互动、游戏的天地，欢声笑语此起彼伏。
最后是中国美食区，观众在了解中国非物质文化遗产以及参加游戏之余，还可以品尝中国特色美食。美食区人群络绎不绝，观众对中国传统菜肴赞不绝口！
在活动中，幸运抽奖环节可谓是博人眼球的重要一环，各位观众纷至沓来，现场气氛十分热烈。
庙会活动结束后，上海文化艺术团民乐专场表演拉开帷幕。黄勇大使代表中国驻拉脱维亚大使馆向各位来宾致以诚挚的问候，并提出欢乐春节活动不仅是中国传统文化的名片，更是中国与拉脱维亚之间加强情谊的桥梁，希望借春节活动迎接新年，迎接新希望。里加市副秘书长考克斯代表里加市政府祝在座来宾新年快乐，并提出中国非物质文化遗产十分精彩，表达了拉脱维亚人对中国非物质文化的欣赏，同时希望里加与北京和苏州能继续保持友好合作关系，互利共赢。上海文化艺术团民乐表演家为拉脱维亚市民献上了一场音乐盛宴。这场盛宴不仅演奏了中国传统民族彝族舞曲，同时还演奏了拉脱维亚乐曲河水快流，来宾被音乐家出色的表演所打动，体会到了传统中国年的氛围，感受到了中国传统文化的魅力，整场音乐会氛围浓厚，喝彩声和掌声接连不断。
Local time on November 10th，Latvian Happy Spring Festival Temple Fair was successfully held at Lielā ģilde of Riga. The Temple Fair was held by Embassy Of The People’s Republic Of China In The Republic Latvia, was undertaken by Latvian Overseas Chinese Association，Confucius Institute At University Of Latvia，Latvian Students’ Association of China. Counselor Mr. Sun Yinglai and hundreds of people took part in the Temple Fair.
Before the opening of the Temple Fair, the traditional Chinese lion dance attracted cheers from the audience. The perfect combination of softball and modern dance made the atmosphere lively!
The Temple Fair was divided into three regions. Firstly, Suzhou Intangible Cultural Heritage Display Zone, included Suzhou Hair Embroidery, Suzhou Nutlet Carving, Suzhou Paper Cutting, Suzhou Clay Figurine, Suzhou Colored-Laterns and Suzhou Embroidery. The masters of these districts showed great skills to the audience, the Chinese volunteer teachers of Confucius Institute At University Of Latvia helped to learn about them and gave gifts to audience, winning the warm applause from the audience.
The second was Game Zone. There were a lot of different games and wonderful gifts. It was not only for children, but also was a good place for interactive games among people.
The last was Chinese Traditional Food Zone. During knowing about World intangible Cultural Heritage and taking part in games, people could also taste traditional food. They were very praised of these.
During the activity, lucky draw links could be described as an important part, all the audience came together, which bulit a warming atmosphere.
After the Temple Fair, Shanghai Culture and Art Troupe folk performances started. Ambassador Mr. Huang Yong extended sincere greetings to all the guests and proposed that Happy Spring Festival was not only a business card for Chinese traditional culture, but also a bridge for strengthening friendship between China and Latvia and hoped to greet the New Year through the Spring Festival activities. Deputy Secretary General of Riga, Mr. Kokis wished guests would had a happy new year and proposed that the intangible cultural heritage in China was very splendid and expressed the Latvians’ appreciation of China’s intangible cultural heritage. At the same time, he hoped that Riga could continue with Beijing and Suzhou Friendly, hoped to have mutual benefit and win-win. This feast not only played traditional Chinese ethnic Yi dance, but also played Latvian music stream fast. Guests were deeply touched by the amazing shows and expressed great satisfaction to the concert.
