From January 5 to 8, 2024, the 18th Nagoya Chinese Lunar New Year Event happened at the Hisaya-odori Park in Nagoya, Japan. A total of 82 booths were set up, covering specials, social experience activities, sales of products, and advertising tasks of tourist and enterprises.
During the 18th edition of the occasion, the Suzhou Municipal Bureau of Culture, Radio, Tv and Tourist brought conventional Springtime Celebration customs of Suzhou and elegant Jiangnan culture to visitors via resource demonstration and interactive social experience activities. Latticework windows are a completing touch of Suzhou classic yards and several visitors vied to gather the seals with the elements of lattice home windows.
At the experience location of intangible cultural heritage, Japanese site visitors experienced the making of Taohuawu woodcut New Year prints, round followers, and writing Springtime Celebration couplets. At the event, Japanese site visitors got to know the pleasure worshipping society of the Suzhou New Year Eve Bell Ringing Task at Hanshan Temple by means of videos. They additionally took part in the interactive video game of striking bells and felt the event of Suzhou.
An unique traditional Chinese music concert of “Happy Chinese New Year: Beauty of Jiangsu” by the Suzhou Chinese Band was organized at the Nagoya Civic Assembly Hall on the evening of January 5. Including pingtan, march, and horn aspects, the performance was a hybrid of lots of art forms consisting of Kunqu opera, guqin, and Chinese bianzhong (chime bells), showing motions that exemplify Chinese culture and Jiangnan components. The performance was acclaimed by an audience of 1,500 individuals on-site.
“This performance is a deep exchange of culture and art and also allows Japanese target markets to have an understanding of the current growth of Chinese orchestral music from numerous viewpoints. We feel honored to have the rapturous praise from the audiences,” stated Peng Kapeng, renowned conductor and imaginative director and chief conductor of the Suzhou Chinese Band who elevated the baton of this concert.
Throughout the event, the Suzhou Chinese Orchestra additionally participated in the 2024 Chinese New Year reception organized by the Chinese Consulate General in Nagoya and outdoor performances on the square, bringing a strong “Chinese flavor” to Nagoya.
