The Chinese Folk Culture Festival, which was interrupted for two years due to the COVID-19, resumed on the 15th in Flushing, Queens, New York. Dozens of folk stalls and a literary and artistic performance lasting more than three hours have brought a long-awaited atmosphere of excitement to overseas Chinese in New York, and also added a youthful flavor to the Spring Festival of the Year of the Rabbit. In addition to writing Spring Festival couplets, which are necessary for the Spring Festival, the Folk Culture Festival also brings together traditional Chinese handicrafts such as paper-cutting, origami, kneading noodles, beading, tying Chinese knots, painting Chinese paintings, making sugar paintings, as well as activities such as guessing riddles and answering the stories of the Chinese zodiac. Literary and artistic performances include Taijiquan, Peking Opera, martial arts, Peking Hu solo, dance and Chinese folk songs. Several calligraphers splashed ink on the spot to write Spring Festival couplets and blessing characters for people for free. They were busy during the activity and sent out hundreds of Spring Festival couplets. Song, who teaches handicrafts at the local Chinese language school, taught people how to tie Chinese knots from the beginning. Her Protestant "apprentice" on the spot soon became a volunteer at the Chinese knot stall, and now she is learning to sell as soon as possible and impart the Chinese knot tying method in a typical way. Many people walking through the folk culture festival wear the three-dimensional "spring" character cut from red paper on their chest, which makes people feel the strong flavor of the year. The paper-cut artist specially designed designs for the Spring Festival of the Year of the Rabbit, combining the word "spring" with the image of the rabbit; The special booth set up at the Folk Culture Festival teaches people how to fold various lanterns with red envelopes and colored paper; The booth for teaching beads teaches people how to string colored beads into animals of different shapes; People can also choose the patterns they want at the sugar painting booth. They can not only appreciate the sugar painting production process, but also have a good taste. The dough kneader made colorful glutinous rice noodles into vivid and colorful faces or animals at the scene. These novel shapes attracted the eyes of many children. According to the production artists, these works will not be damaged after decades. The New York Asian-American Cultural Association also set up a special booth to hang the dolls of the zodiac in a row so that people can participate in the award-winning question and answer about the zodiac. The information column in front of the stall introduces the legend of the twelve zodiac signs. In one corner of the event hall, the organizer also set up a "Challenge Arena", and posted more than 100 riddles on the wall. Those who successfully guessed the riddles can win prizes. The riddle written on red paper with a brush involves daily necessities such as firewood, rice, oil and salt and Chinese historical figures. The largest number of participants in the whole folk art festival is the artistic performance. The actors include children less than 10 years old and elderly people in their late 90s. There are not only professionals, but also amateur actors from the local day care center. Some people come from places outside New York State to perform their duties. The program was also brilliant. Two actresses performed "Rainbow Dance" with ribbons, and a singer in the United States sang "No Sleep Tonight" and "Drinking Song"... Although the activity was nearing the end, Shen Jiarong, an educator of Chinese traditional painting, was still thinking of a traditional painting of rabbits and flowers. Chinese painting lovers could not help recording the process of painting with their mobile phones, and saw the gray rabbit on the paper gradually waiting for the peony to bloom. Chen Mei, Executive Chairman of the New York Federation of Chinese Societies, told reporters that the Chinese Folk Culture Festival was held for the sixth time, and about 40 were set up on the day
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