CCTV Team Paid a Visit to Confucius Institute at University of Latvia

CCTV-4 is going to launch the documentary “The Taste of the Chinese New Year”, which tells the vivid Chinese New Year stories and shows the changes of the Chinese New Year in different eras, so as to spread and inherit the excellent traditional Chinese culture, and trace the roots to interpret the taste of the Chinese New Year.

In view of Professor Pildegovics’ research on traditional Chinese culture and his contribution to the spread of Chinese culture, CCTV invites him to participate in the expert interview of “The Taste of the Chinese New Year” for global audience to understand Chinese New Year.

On December 10, 2021, the CCTV video camera crew visited Confucius Institute at University of Latvia and gave an exclusive interview with Professor Pildegovics. Professor Pildegovics talked about the original meaning of the word “Nian”, “Sweeping Dust”, the structure and connotation of the traditional Chinese word “Ritual”, custom of sacrifice to the Kitchen God, ringing out the Old Year and ringing in the New Year, the relationship between the beginning of spring and the Spring Festival, the social functions of worshiping gods and ancestors during the Spring Festival, traditions of eating fish at New Year’s Eve dinners in various places, Spring Festival travel rush, overseas Chinese looking for their roots,etc. Besides, with his own personal experience of spending the Spring Festival five times in China, he interpreted the taste of the Chinese New Year.

The program will be shown on CCTV-4 Channel Asia, Channel Europe and Channel America during the Spring Festival this year.

中央电视台访问拉脱维亚大学孔子学院

中央广播电视总台CCTV-4即将推出纪录片《年的味道》，通过讲述中国人鲜活生动的过年故事，展现不同时代中国人过年方式的变迁，从而传播传承中华优秀传统文化，追根溯源解读年的味道。

鉴于拉脱维亚大学孔子学院拉方院长贝德高教授对中国传统文化的研究成果，以及他对中国文化传播作出的贡献，中央电视台邀请贝德高教授参与《年的味道》专家采访，为全球观众解读中国春节。

2021年12月10日，中央电视台摄制组访问拉脱维亚大学孔子学院，对贝德高教授做了专访。贝德高教授就“年”字的本意、春节前“扫尘”、繁体字“禮”的结构表意内涵、腊月小年祭灶、辞旧迎新、立春和春节的关系、春节敬神祭祖的社会作用、各地年夜饭吃鱼的讲究、“春运”、海外华侨认祖归宗等话题畅谈了自己的看法，并结合自己在中国五次过春节的亲身经历，解读了年的味道。

节目将于今年春节期间在CCTV-4亚洲频道、欧洲频道、美洲频道播出。