Cultural Activities Guide of Chinese Lunar New Year in Henan

Cultural Activities Guide of Chinese Lunar New Year in Henan

春节期间去哪儿玩 请收好这幅文化活动地图

Recently, many places across China have urged the public that those who do not need to travel, should not travel, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. More and more people canceled their original travelling plans and will spend the upcoming Spring Festival where they work or live now. So how to ensure those who can't get together with their families can have a happy and peaceful Spring Festival in Henan? According to the Department of Culture and Tourism of Henan Province on February 2, under the premise of ensuring epidemic prevention, public institutions in Henan like museum, library and cinema will open for free as usual with various wonderful cultural activities held both online and offline to meet the needs of people of different ages.

当前疫情防控仍处于关键阶段，多地出台政策提倡“就地过年”，许多人停下了返乡的脚步。如何让“就地过年”的群众过一个祥和欢乐的春节？2月2日，记者从省文化和旅游厅了解到，节日期间，在做好疫情防控的前提下，全省各地的博物馆、图书馆、电影院等公共文化场所将正常开放，并奉上一系列“线上+线下”、精彩纷呈的文化活动，满足不同年龄层次群众的需求。

Red lanterns herald upcoming New Year holiday. [Photo by Guo Zixuan/For Henan Daily]

Celebrate the Year of the Ox in museums

博物馆里“过牛年”

Visiting museum, appreciating exquisite cultural relics and enjoying traditional Chinese culture have already become one of the most popular ways for people to spend their holidays.

到博物馆看特色展览、欣赏精品文物、品味传统文化，已经成为市民假期休闲的重要方式之一。这个春节，不妨全家总动员到河南博物院去逛逛。

In Henan Museum, apart from the basic exhibitions at the pavilion of "A Great Civilization Rises with Capitals Established in the Central Plain", there are still many special exhibitions such as "Henan during the Ming and Qing Periods" "Bronze Art of the Chu State in the Central Plain" and "The Treasures from the Ming and Qing Dynasties". Parents can accompany their children to participate in the game for the exploration of the 9 greatest treasures in Henan Museum. On the evening of February 4, a series of new blind boxes containing replicas of ancient coins have been launched with their stories illustrated by the experts.

春节期间，河南博物院不仅有气势恢宏的“泱泱华夏择中建都”基本陈列展览，还有“明清河南”“中原楚国青铜艺术”“院藏明清珍宝展”等独具特色的专题展览。家长还可以陪孩子玩转探寻“九大镇院之宝”的闯关游戏。2月4日晚，今年最热的“考古盲盒”将推出全新馆藏古币仿制品，并邀请专家为大家讲解“考古盲盒”中古钱币系列背后的故事。

The "Turning the World around in the Year of the Ox - Joint Exhibition of Chinese Zodiac Cultural Relics for the Spring Festival" has kicked off on February 5. From February 12 to 14, Zhengzhou Museum will launch a special social education activity for the public to appreciate the value of cultural relics and the wisdom of ancient people through "treasure hunt + hand-painted cultural relics" relying on the pottery cattle collected. At Dahe Village Ruins Museum, visitors can make red lanterns by themselves with craft materials provided by the museum and record a video about New Year's greetings containing the Chinese character of "牛" ("ox"). After broadcasting on the museum's official Douyin account, the first, second and third prizes will be awarded according to the number of thumb-ups.

此外，河南博物院将于2月5日起推出“牛转乾坤——辛丑（牛年）新春生肖文物图片”展览。2月12日至14日，郑州博物馆将推出“金牛寻宝”社教活动，依托馆藏文物“陶牛器物”，通过“寻宝+手绘文物”方式，带人们了解文物价值和古人智慧。大河村遗址博物馆则推出“福牛灯笼”送祝福社教活动，观众可在现场领取新年福牛灯笼手工制作材料，在制作完成后，录制一段带“牛”字的新年祝福视频，该馆官方抖音账号播放后，将根据点赞数量，评出一、二、三等奖。

Enjoy reading in libraries

图书馆里“品书香”

Henan Children's Library is undoubtedly a good place for children to spent the festival. This year, a total of 20 Spring Festival activities will be held, including offline book fair and children's art exhibition as well as online history classes and classic recitation contest. 

以少儿读者为主要服务对象的省少儿图书馆无疑是节日“遛娃”的好去处，今年该馆将开展20项春节活动，不仅有“庆团圆贺新年”“春节的味道”主题书展、“童眼看非遗”少儿美术作品展、“童心助战疫”主题作品展、“巧手扮新春”等线下活动，还有历史教室“云”课堂、“福牛迎春有奖答题”大赛、“迎新春诵经典”诵读大赛等线上活动。

Henan Library will carry out more than 80 activities both online and offline, covering book fair, Q&A, featured-resources exhibition, award-winning collection, etc. As for the offline activities, there are mainly 5 categories, including a series of activities about the Yellow River culture, book fair, exhibition of the popular science journals for children, featured-resources exhibition and award-winning collection for family documents. Among them, the book fair themed the Yellow River culture is composed of three parts, namely "Ecosystem of the Yellow River" "Culture of the Central Plain" and "Classic of Chinese Studies". And the photo exhibition themed the civilization of the Yellow River will provide an opportunity for visitors to intuitively feel the splendid civilization of the Yellow River.

省图书馆依托馆藏资源和线上资源，将采取线上线下相结合的方式，面向广大读者开展80余场活动，内容涵盖主题书展、趣味竞答、特色资源展览、有奖征集等。线下活动方面，主要有黄河文化系列活动、主题书展、少儿科普知识期刊展、特色资源展览、家谱文献有奖征集等五大类。其中，黄河文化主题书展分为“生态黄河”“中原文化”“国学经典”三大部分；黄河文明之旅摄影图片展，带领观众直观感受黄河文明的辉煌灿烂。

Zhengzhou Library has carefully planned more than 30 cultural activities. During the Spring Festival, a series of online activities, such as the neolith-themed lecture series, storytelling by museum staff and mini lectures about idiom stories. Meanwhile, relying on its digital resources, the museum will actively interact with the readers by carrying out a series of meaningful activities, such as livestreaming of traditional Chinese culture shared by the famous experts, riddles guessing game, Q&A about the Spring Festival culture, etc.

郑州图书馆精心策划了30余场文化活动。春节期间，该馆将推出新石器系列讲座、馆员讲故事、知识小视界、成语故事小课堂等线上活动，还利用数字资源开展“名家谈传统文化”线上直播、灯谜竞猜、“春节传统文化知识闯关”竞赛等活动，与读者热烈互动。

Postponed films for Spring Festival season will be on show

迟到一年的春节档来了

You cannot miss the films for Spring Festival season, which have been postponed for a year. On February, 7 films will be on show, including "Detective Chinatown 3" "Hi, Mom" "A Writer's Odyssey" "The Yinyang Master" "Endgame", etc.

迟到一年的春节档影片当然不容错过。2月12日，各大影院将正式推出《唐人街探案3》《你好，李焕英》《刺杀小说家》《侍神令》《人潮汹涌》《新神榜：哪吒重生》《熊出没·狂野大陆》等7部春节档影片。

The "Detective Chinatown 3" is still hot, becoming the only film with a pre-sale box office of more than 100 million yuan as of 00:00, February 1, followed by the films of "Hi, Mom" and "A Writer's Odyssey". 

从预售情况看，截至2月1日零点，从去年春节档延期至今年的《唐人街探案3》依旧火爆，成为唯一预售票房过亿元的影片。《你好，李焕英》和《刺杀小说家》预售票房分列今年春节档影片的第二、三位。

During the Spring Festival, please use online booking service to make appointments for a visit to the public cultural venues, and wear a mask properly, maintain a social distance and pay close attention to the travel advisories issued by the local government.

需要提醒公众的是，春节期间，请尽量通过网络无接触的方式来预约参观公共文化场馆，注意佩戴口罩，保持安全距离，同时要密切关注政府部门发布的出行提示。（中文来源/河南日报 翻译/赵汉青 海报/韩雨松 审校/李文竞）