When the big red lanterns are hung high, when the steamed buns are steaming hot, when the outline of the galloping horse leaps onto the paper... Year comes in this way. The unique New Year customs across the country, from urban to rural areas, all convey the taste of happiness and embody the common vision of the Chinese New Year. Please walk with us into the streets and alleys, cross the river of time, and explore the profound significance of "New Year's customs" to us - it is not only a continuation of traditional culture, but also the blooming of life itself. When talking about Tianjin Yangliuqing, many people first think of New Year pictures. In fact, Paper Cuttings here is also unique. Entering Hao's Paper Cuttings studio on Ruyi Street of Yangliuqing, a mountain of red paper first came into sight. Hao Guifen, the representative inheritor of Yangliuqing Paper Cuttings, a municipal intangible cultural heritage project in Tianjin, holds a carving knife at his fingertips, and every knife is exquisite. The door god needs to be engraved with spirit, and the blessing character needs to be cut full, so as to be festive. ”As soon as the words fell, a customer walked in eagerly and said to Hao Guifen's daughter, "Miss, do you still have window decorations for the Year of the Horse? I still need dozens more, I want to give them away!" In the room next to them, more than ten elementary school students from Jinan, Shandong crowded together, holding small carving knives and learning to cut the character "Fu" from the teacher. Under their tender fingertips, were the seeds of Chinese New Year customs and the inheritance of culture. Yangliuqing Paper Cuttings originated in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasty, and has a history of more than 300 years. It comes down in one continuous line with Yangliuqing youth painting and is rooted in the fertile soil of Beijing Hangzhou Grand Canal culture. According to local legend, Emperor Qianlong went to Jiangnan six times, and every time he came to Yangliuqing, he would take Yangliuqing's Paper Cuttings and New Year pictures with him on a dragon boat to Jiangnan, which shows the high aesthetic appreciation and skill of Yangliuqing artists. Having been engaged in Paper Cuttings for more than 50 years, Hao Guifen has not only perfected the traditional cutting and carving techniques, but also has the courage to innovate. He has integrated the coloring techniques of willow youth paintings, created the dyeing Paper Cuttings technique and multi-layer Paper Cuttings technique, making the original monochrome Paper Cuttings works more three-dimensional, fresh and colorful. The 8-meter long scroll Paper Cuttings "Picture of the River during the Qingming Festival", which she spent a long time to create, carefully restored the market style and humanistic atmosphere of the ancient scroll by combining cutting and engraving, and was selected as a "national gift" for foreign friends. "I used two layers of Paper Cuttings for the Qingming River Map, and I used up to 17 layers for some works," Hao Guifen said proudly. During the conversation, a little girl with a braid of sheep horns ran over and held up a freshly cut piece of "Persimmon Wishes Come True". She asked with curved eyebrows and eyes, "Teacher Hao, do you think I do a good job?" The steamed buns were "steamed" to create a happy Chinese New Year. The rural workshops and food shops in Huojia County, Xinxiang City, Henan Province were steaming hot, and the exquisitely shaped and brightly colored steamed buns were freshly baked. This year is the Year of the Horse, and we have specially designed this zodiac flower bun. ”The head of the food company, Wang Haiyan, said. As soon as dawn broke, she hurriedly started driving with her masters. The dough on the cutting board goes through more than 30 processes such as kneading, pinching, rolling, and cutting, and finally becomes lifelike Ma Nian style flower buns. Wang Haiyan told reporters that consumers nowadays prefer New Year's goods with a strong cultural flavor. As the twelfth lunar month approaches, online and offline orders are constantly coming in. Currently, we have to rush to produce over 10000 steamed buns every day, and the orders have been scheduled until the day before New Year's Eve. At a Huamo shop in Chengguan Town, the inheritor of intangible cultural heritage, Liu Xiaojing, is also busy. Now is the busiest time of the year, using five to six hundred pounds of flour a day, which is twice as much as usual, "she told reporters while organizing the lucky bag of flower buns. This year's Horse Year themed flower buns, which symbolize" success on horseback, "are particularly favored. The production technique of Huojia Huamo has a long history. Steaming steamed buns is an essential traditional custom for every household during festivals, birthdays, and weddings. In recent years, Huojia County has listed the Huamo industry as a key project to promote agricultural modernization and empower rural revitalization. Through a series of measures such as skill training and brand cultivation, more than 300 rural women have been trained to become skilled manual Huamo processors, building a virtuous development ecology of "training empowerment+home creation+centralized sales". Huojia Huamo is not only a traditional delicacy on the tongue, but also an important lever for the comprehensive revitalization of rural areas. ”Zhao Mingjun, Secretary of the Huojia County Committee, stated that the county will make every effort to promote the quality and efficiency improvement of the Huamo industry, and plans to establish an intangible cultural heritage Huamo inheritance base to build a solid platform for the inheritance of skills. At the same time, relying on the resources of universities, we will innovate in the shape and packaging design of steamed buns, making traditional techniques more in line with modern aesthetic needs. The square inch seal of Chengni embodies the charm of blessings, while the fragrance of red mud wafts and the carving knife makes a gentle sound. At the Huanghe Chengni Pottery Seal Workshop in Hekou District, Dongying City, Shandong Province, Zhang Jinxia, the representative inheritor of the fourth generation of Huanghe Chengni Pottery Seals, is leading female workers to carve the theme of the Year of the Horse. Carving a clear mud seal during the Chinese New Year is a unique custom at the mouth of the Yellow River. ”Zhang Jinxia held the freshly kneaded clear clay, with fine red clay on her fingertips and a smile on her eyebrows and eyes. The ancient course of the Yellow River is made of clear mud, which is delicate, rosy, and soft like silk. After more than 20 ancient methods of firing, it has high hardness and warm color, making it a unique cultural treasure at the mouth of the Yellow River. In the workshop, more than ten female workers sat around the workbench, kneading clay, pressing blanks, and carving to showcase their strengths. The drying rack was filled with Ma Nian Cheng mud seals waiting to be fired, some of which were Tang horses galloping, while others were engraved with auspicious clouds and blessings. The warm color tone of the red clay made the entire workshop full of New Year flavor. Entering the kiln with one color, leaving the kiln with a myriad of colors. Burning the horse's New Year's seal requires even more care, as the fire can easily crack. This is a blessing for the New Year, and no carelessness is allowed. ”Zhang Jinxia told reporters that in order to make the Chengni Seal more in line with the Chinese New Year of the Horse, the team has designed more than ten Spring Festival seal samples based on the folk meanings of "immediately blessed" and "successful horse arrival". They have also developed cultural and creative products such as Chengni Seal ornaments and stationery, making the Chinese New Year flavor of the Yellow River mouth spread further and further. The female workers in the workshop have achieved employment at their doorstep through the art of clear mud printing. Now guarding the house, watching over the child, earning money, and giving the Ma Nian Cheng Ni Yin she made to family and friends during the Chinese New Year, her heart cannot be warmer! "The carving knife in the hand of the female worker Li Rong wandered on the surface of the seal, and with just a few strokes, the outline of a lively horse leapt onto the pottery. This winter vacation, the workshop launched an intangible cultural heritage experience class, and many parents brought their children to learn engraving. The children gathered around the experience area, rubbing the red clay back and forth with their little hands, occasionally holding up the crooked "fu" character printing blocks and asking, "Teacher, can the fu character I carved be burned out? Does it look good to stick on Spring Festival couplets?" "Slowly carve, round the ears of the horse, and welcome the New Year beautifully." Amidst the laughter and joy, the flavor of the New Year grew stronger. Lion dance brings out the essence and spirit. With the sound of gongs, drums, cymbals, hinges and other instruments, three "lions" dance joyfully on the square... At noon, a high platform lion dance performance attracted many tourists to watch at the Jiulicheng Scenic Area in Chiyou, Pengshui Miao and Tujia Autonomous County, Chongqing. Our team of 18 people each fulfilled their duties, performed the lion dance well, and sent New Year's greetings to everyone. ”As the commander-in-chief of this exhibition, Zhu Wanzhi, the municipal inheritor of the Gaotai Lion Dance, was busy on site while introducing it to reporters. The Pengshui Gaotai Lion Dance, a national intangible cultural heritage, has a history of 150 years and is a unique traditional dance among the people of Pengshui. Its uniqueness lies in the use of square tables, with a minimum of 7 tables and a maximum of 108 tables, "said Zhu Wanzhi. At the performance venue, lion dance performers were seen wearing colorful lion patterned costumes about two meters long, swaying their heads and tails and rolling and jumping under the guidance of the lion tamer. After completing 12 movements on the ground, such as "falcon flipping fork" and "lazy cow trapped in the pond", he began to climb over a platform of more than 10 meters with the sound of rapid drumming. Under the leadership of the lion tamer, the lion ascended step by step, starting from the first level and rising layer by layer, until reaching the highest level of "Yi Ji Xiang". Lion dance and standing performance were performed on the "Yi Ji Xiang", creating a thrilling and exciting scene that drew cheers from the audience. At the same time, Tang Shouyi, an 83 year old national intangible cultural heritage inheritor, was also preparing for a performance during the Spring Festival in Guwen Village, Dianshui Street. For decades, the village has held high platform lion dance performances during festivals and holidays. Now that young people can complete various performances alone, I am particularly happy, "said Tang Shouyi. Guwen Village is one of the birthplaces of Pengshui's Gaotai Lion Dance. Driven by the Tangjiaban Gaotai Lion Dance, Pengshui has developed 12 lion dance inheritance teams, including Taiyuan Town Yupeng Blue Lion Art Troupe and Sangzhe Town Qingpu Community Lion Dance Team. ”Tang Shouyi said that there is now a Chongqing level intangible cultural heritage inheritance education base for Gaotai Lion Dance in Pengshui Wenwu School, and training bases and inheritance exhibition points for Gaotai Lion Dance have been built in Pengshui Vocational Education Center and Chiyou Jiuli City respectively. The facilities and equipment required for performance activities are fully equipped. In recent years, Pengshui has organized the Gaotai Lion Dance Competition and regularly carried out the "Five Entries of Intangible Cultural Heritage" activities of lion dance into campuses, scenic spots, communities, villages, and government agencies, promoting the inheritance and development of Gaotai Lion Dance. (New Society)