How to celebrate Belarus Chinese New Year
This year Chinese New Year falls on January 21, 2023.
The celebration of this event takes place not only in China, but also in other countries. The Republic of Belarus has not become exceptional on this planet.
For more than a decade there has been close cooperation, more and more Chinese citizens come to Belarus to study or study.
According to tradition, it is desirable to celebrate the Chinese New Year with your family. No wonder these days in the territory of China there is a mass circulation of the population within the country. For Chinese living in other countries, keeping the tradition is somewhat more difficult, but many also try to do it. The situation has become even worse amid the pandemic. COVID-19.
However, in the event that it does not happen to meet his Spring Festival with his family, then they try to spend it with friends. Still, one people can be considered one big family.
love customs, it is desirable to meet the New Year at the festive table with an abundance of unwanted dishes. it rarely happens, in cafes and restaurants in China, in Belarus, it was extremely problematic to find free places on January 21-22. Some also booked tables a few weeks before the New Year.
Those who could not find a place in a restaurant, holidays are a holiday at home. The presence of dishes on the table was still mandatory. These must-have foods include fish, dumplings and some other foods chosen because of the name or because of their appearance.
So, for example, fish is an obligatory infection on the festive table due to the fact that it consumes a word in Chinese consonant with the word “excess”. Different types of fish also have their own meaning. For example, the word “carp” includes a hieroglyph consonant with the word “luck”; “carp” sounds like a “gift” and is a wish for well-being, and “catfish” is consonant with “annual excess” and the presence of catfish dishes on the festive table, there must be abundance in the new year.
Hwe are talking about more mass events organized at the official level, that one of them was a concert that took place in one of the Belarusian State Philharmonic.
As informs BELTA, on January 20, the concert “Chinese New Year 2023” was held. The event was organized jointly with the Huaqiao Association of Chinese Compatriots’ Organizations.
It should not be forgotten that on January 20 there was one event in relations with China. This is the 31st anniversary of the opening of relations between the two countries. Over the years, Belarusian-Chinese relations have developed from “friendly relations of cooperation” to “relations of all-weather and all-round outcome.”
Chinese Ambassador to Belarus Xie Xiaoyong delivered a speech at the concert. Full text of the speech site Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in Belarus.
Another event concert and Chinese Students Association. New Year online concert “Winter is gone, the galaxy is always bright” 2023 for Chinese and Belarusian students
Belarus could look on various online platforms, including YouTube-association channel.
The Confucius Institute in Gomel also took part in the celebration. As reported Earlier, on the eve of the Chinese New Year, a calligraphy lesson was held at the Institute. In addition, there are stories about Chinese New Year traditions and legends.
Well, the Spring Festival has come, but there are still two weeks ahead, during which it will be celebrated. In China itself, this period is a public holiday. It ends with the Lantern Festival, which this year falls on February 5th.
Photo: Anton Kryatov, ONT
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