China’s Spring Festival global ＂red whirlwind＂ shows the world’s ＂model＂

　　[Network China Festival Spring Festival]China’s Spring Festival global "red whirlwind" shows the world’s "model"

　　Xinhuanet reporter Li Xiaoyu

　　As an important festival handed down by the Chinese nation for thousands of years, the Spring Festival has an insurmountable position in Chinese’s mind. In recent years, the spread of the Spring Festival overseas has been accelerating and its influence has been increasing. Some countries list the Spring Festival as a legal holiday, some countries hold colorful celebrations during the Spring Festival, and many international politicians also come to join in the fun … … How did the Spring Festival blow a "red whirlwind" around the world?

　　They also have a holiday during the Spring Festival — — Many countries make the Spring Festival a public holiday.

　　The Spring Festival holiday is no longer just a "welfare" for the people of China. More and more countries and regions in the world have designated the Lunar New Year in China as a public holiday.

　　Among Asian countries, Vietnamese, Korean, Singaporean and Malaysian countries have the same Lunar New Year holidays as China. In 2002, the Spring Festival was listed as a national public holiday in Indonesia. Since 2005, the Philippines announced that the first lunar month in China must be a national holiday.

　　In addition to Asian countries, many cities and states in the United States have identified the Spring Festival in China as a statutory holiday in their own state. For example, in 2014, the Spring Festival became a statutory school holiday in New York State and the first statutory Chinese holiday in American history. There are even calls in the Chinese community to make the Lunar New Year a national legal holiday in the United States.

　　At present, nearly 20 countries and regions around the world have designated the Spring Festival in China as a legal holiday for the whole or some cities under their jurisdiction. The Spring Festival in China is becoming more and more international, and it has become a festival celebrated all over the world.

　　They play like this during the Spring Festival — — The world will make the Spring Festival a super big Party.

　　How to spend the Spring Festival? Living in China, you can naturally talk about family reunion, visiting relatives and friends, visiting temple fairs and other activities. Unexpectedly, in foreign countries, the Spring Festival has gradually become a super event.

　　In 2015, in order to celebrate the Spring Festival in China, new york held a large-scale fireworks show "Harmony with China" on the Hudson River, which was as large as the fireworks show on the National Day of the United States. This is the first time in American history that fireworks were set off on a large scale for the Spring Festival in China.

　　In the Spring Festival of China in 2017, the largest celebration outside Asia was held in London, the capital of England. The parade of dragon and lion dances and floats went from Trafalgar Square to Chinatown, attracting thousands of onlookers and cheers. By the Spring Festival of 2017, the Empire State Building has been lighting up for the Spring Festival in China for 17 consecutive years, and the Sydney Opera House has also held the China New Year Bright Red Event … … The Spring Festival in China has become a grand ceremony in the world.

　　With the popularity of outbound travel during the Spring Festival, many countries have tried their best to attract tourists from China, and the Spring Festival elements are everywhere, making China tourists feel at home.

　　In the Spring Festival of the Year of the Rooster, China’s songs were played in shopping malls in Phuket, Thailand, Picasso’s works were exhibited at Charles de Gaulle Airport, and the China Spring Festival was called a British festival in British travel brochures. During the Spring Festival of the Year of the Monkey, Dubai Airport Duty Free Shop held a series of promotions, decorated the booth with traditional festive elements of China, and hundreds of red lanterns decorated the glittering dome of the South Bank Shopping Plaza in Los Angeles … … Tourists from China bring warmth to the world economy with weak recovery and lack of confidence, and the world has also turned the Spring Festival in China into a large carnival.

　　They come to pay New Year greetings during the Spring Festival — — Foreign dignitaries came together to celebrate the New Year.

　　Nowadays, more and more foreign politicians also make public appearances during the Spring Festival to pay New Year greetings to the people of China. During the Lunar New Year in China in 2017, many international dignitaries, including UN Secretary-General Gutierrez, British Prime Minister Theresa May, South African President Jacob Zuma, Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen and Philippine President Duterte, delivered videos or congratulatory messages to wish the people of China a happy New Year.

　　There are also some politicians who "join in the fun" and personally integrate themselves into the festive atmosphere of the Spring Festival in China. In 2015, Prince Charles of England and his wife, Mrs. Duke of Cornwall, went to China City in London to watch the lion dance, learn Chinese characters, and participate in Chinese New Year celebrations. In 2017, Ivanka, the daughter of President Trump of the United States, took her daughter arabella to the China Embassy in the United States to pay a New Year’s call, which became a much-told story.

　　The Spring Festival of the Year of the Dog is coming soon. How will the world celebrate the Year of China? We will wait and see!

　　(Text comes from Xinhua News Agency, People’s Daily Overseas Edition, China News Network, Beijing Youth Daily, etc.)