Celebration of Chinese New Year 2019 in Latvia Was Successfully Held
当地时间2019年2月3日下午1点，“拉脱维亚2019年新春庆典”活动在拉脱维亚大学大礼堂举行。本次“新春庆典”由拉脱维亚留华同学会和拉脱维亚大学孔子学院及拉脱维亚华人华侨联合会共同主办，来自中国驻拉脱维亚大使馆、拉脱维亚外交部、新华社、中国文化中心、拉脱维亚武术协会、拉脱维亚大学孔子学院下设16个教学点、大使馆下设4个教学点、飞笔中国画工作室、拉脱维亚华联会等单位的近千名代表欢聚一堂，共庆佳节。本次活动分为“新春文化体验”和“新春音乐会”两部分。
下午1点到2点为“新春文化体验”时间，主办方分别设置了“新春剪纸”“新春折纸”“我的中文名字”“杯子歌”和“汉服秀”等五个区域供观众体验中国丰富多彩的传统文化。在“新春剪纸”和“新春折纸”区，五颜六色的汉字“春”和纸花为活动增添了的中国年味；“我的中文名字”区的观众络绎不绝，他们都希望拥有属于自己的中文名字；在“杯子歌”区，观众既能学到好听的中文歌，还能学到好玩的“杯子舞”；在“汉服秀”，观众更是足足过了一把“汉服瘾”。
下午2点，“新春音乐会”在拉脱维亚武术协会带来的武术表演中拉开帷幕；里加34中学的《新年好》《恭喜恭喜》《泥娃娃》《自己》，叶尔加瓦第2中学的《富贵花开迎新年》，里加文化中学的吉他弹唱《朋友》，利耶帕亚大学的《龙文》等一首首耳熟能详的歌曲为全场观众送去了浓浓的新春祝福；里加88中学、“飞笔中国画工作室”、拉脱维亚大学将快板儿表演、现场作画和中国舞等三种艺术形式完美融合，向观众展示了一场优美的视听盛宴；拉脱维亚华联会的古筝独奏《渔舟唱晚》、华人合唱队“心乐”的一中一拉两首歌曲诉说着中拉友谊的源远流长；天津卫视著名主持人安泽，一支水袖舞翩若惊鸿，婉若游龙；拉脱维亚大学孔子学院、叶尔加瓦斯比杜拉中学、文茨皮尔斯大学、里加文化中学和里加Anninmuizas中学则结合传统元素与现代元素，在此起彼伏的歌声中展示了舞蹈形式里跨越时空的对话；此外，现场一次次的抽奖环节则将活动推向了高潮；最后活动在交通与电信大学带来的合唱《那些花儿》中落下帷幕。
“新春庆典”活动是中拉两国人民的大联欢，今年通过“新春文化体验”与“新春音乐会”相结合的形式既让参与者们感受到了中国新年的节日氛围和中国深厚的文化底蕴，更是拉近了中拉两国人民的距离，加深了两国人民的友谊。
At 13:00 by Latvian local time, on Feburary 3, 2019, the grand celebration of Chinese New Year 2019 was co-hosted at the Grand Auditorium of University of Latvia by China Alumni Association of Latvia, Confucious Institute at University of Lativa and Chinese Association of Lativa. About thousand of people from Chinese Embassy, Lativan Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Xinhua News Agency, China Cultural Center in Riga, Latvia Sports Wushu Federation, 16 Chinese language teaching sites of CILU, 4 Chinese language teaching sites of Chinese Embassy, Flying Brush Studio all got together and enjoyed this great festival.
This celebration began with the cultural experience at 13:00. In the zone of paper-cutting and paper-folding, various 春(the chainese character of spring) and flowers made by paper added to multiple colors of this beginning. Continuously gathering around the zone of my Chinese name, guests here are all willingly to pick Chinese names for themself or their children. And not only could guests learn Chinese songs but also the joyful cup dancing in the cup song area. What’s more, people really enjoyed themselves in the zone of hanfu experience.
At 14:00, a fabulous performance by Latvia Sports Wushu Federation raised the curtain of the fantastic Spring Festival concerts. Multiple beautiful famous songs sang by performers from Riga No. 34 Secondary School, Jelgava No.2 Secondary School, Riga Culture Secondary School and Liepaja University represented singers’ best wishes to present guests. And performers from Riga No. 88 Secondary School, Flying Brush Studio and Latvia University combined clapper talk, Chinese painting and Chinese traditional dancing perfectly and presented a fresh audio-visual feast. Yu Zhou Chang Wan, the Guzheng solo, performed by the artist from Oversea Chinese Association of Latvia, and two songs sang by Xin Yue, a Chinese choir, gently told audiences the stable bond between China and Latvia. And, An Ze, one of the famous hosts of Tianjin Television, danced an elegant and light Chinese traditional dance, which impressed the audiences. Besides, combined traditional and modern elements, performances from Latvia University, Jelgava Spidola State Gymnasium, Ventspils University, Riga Culture Secondary School and Riga Anninmuizas Secondary School presented the amazing cross-time-and-space dialogue between music and dance. What’s more, continuous lottery parts brought guests times of joy. At last, with the beautiful chorus performed by students from Transport and Telecommunication Institute, there falled the curtain.
As a significant gala celebration both for Chinese and Latvia people, not only did it bring participants exciting atmosphere of Chinese Spring Festival and present Chinese heavy cultural heritage, but also close the distance and deepen the friendship between two countries.
