CHINA / SOCIETY
Spring Festival traditions revived, developed
Published: Jan 24, 2023 04:40 PM
A craftsman colors a clay rabbit at a clay art workshop in north China's Hebei Province, Jan. 16, 2023. (Photo by Liu Mancang/Xinhua)

A craftsman colors a clay rabbit at a clay art workshop in north China's Hebei Province, Jan. 16, 2023. (Photo by Liu Mancang/Xinhua)


A large number of festival foods, decorations and performing arts, identified as intangible cultural heritages, have also received growing attention during the Spring Festival.

In Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, folk artists expressed their blessings by cutting rabbit patterns out of red papers, while clay sculpture crafter Li Junping enjoyed showing tourists how to create cute rabbits at an intangible cultural heritage fair in Shaanxi Province.

Li said his adjustment to the traditional design, by incorporating modern elements, became an instant hit in the Year of the Rabbit, adding that more and more young people are embracing traditional culture and joining the ranks, introducing innovative thinking and making the traditional crafts younger and more vibrant.

Festival traditions are also evolving, as it is noteworthy that many Chinese are exploring new ways of spending their Spring Festival holiday, such as visiting museums, exhibitions and bookstores.

More than 2,200 Spring Festival-related exhibitions and activities are being presented at over 900 museums across the country, according to the National Cultural Heritage Administration.

For those not interested in physical travel, the cinemas also offer rich new choices during the week-long holiday, from domestic sci-fi film "The Wandering Earth II" to suspense comedy "Full River Red."

On Sunday, the first day of the Lunar New Year, China's box office revenue exceeded 1.34 billion yuan (about 197.5 million U.S. dollars), according to box office tracker Dengta Data.