Let's play with social fires, let's roar with Qin opera, and let's stroll around the big fairs! On January 22, the first day of the Lunar New Year, the 2023 "Xi'an Year" Spring Festival cultural tourism activities are in full swing. In Chang' an City of the Han Dynasty, which has a history of two thousand years, traditional folk New Year customs have found their cultural roots.

Chang 'an City of the Han Dynasty carries the genes of Han culture. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty promulgated the Taichu Calendar to determine the time of the Spring Festival. It can be said that Chang 'an City in the Han Dynasty was the "hometown" of the Spring Festival. New Year customs such as playing with social fires, setting off firecrackers, and pasting door gods were all formed in the Han Dynasty. Opera, dance, and acrobatics were also popular ways to celebrate the New Year in the Han Dynasty. Han Chang 'an City Weiyang Palace National Archaeological Site Park, Lixiahao Street District, and Hancheng Lake Scenic Area are linked together. Citizens and tourists celebrate the New Year with joy in activities full of traditional New Year flavor, inheriting and carrying forward China's excellent traditional culture and highlighting the Chinese nation. Spiritual identity.

Weiyang Palace Yingchun Palace

Weiyang Palace National Archaeological Site Park deeply explores the cultural connotation of the Chang 'an City site in the Han Dynasty, interprets and activates the value of the site with high quality, and tells good cultural stories. The immersive Han culture-themed experience "Han Gong Ji" was launched at this year's Spring Festival cultural tourism event. As the first Han culture-themed immersive experience project in China with large ruins as scenes, the longest experience tour route, the richest experience categories, and the most comprehensive experience fields, it allows participating tourists to be immersed in the experience. Through visiting the Central Government Office, Nulqu, Cangchi, Qiandian and other ruins areas, experience the "crossing" journey of the Han Dynasty. As soon as the "core" of the community fire is tied up, it attracts the attention of tourists. Fengcun community fire is known as the "unique skill of the Three Qin Dynasty and the unique skill of the Western Qin Dynasty" and represents the highest level of the community fire in Xi'an. From the Zhangmen of Weiyang Palace to the Qiandian Ruins, the community fire patrol team includes core, flower drum, bamboo horse, dry boat, etc., attracting tourists to follow them all the way. The "Hangong Temple Fair" displays delicious food, cultural creations, intangible cultural heritage masterpieces, etc. with a large cultural collection. While citizens and tourists experience the original New Year customs, they also have close contact with major historical and cultural heritage that has a core position in Chinese history to enhance their cultural confidence.

Fengcun Community Fire Core Performance

Social fire performance and dry boat running

Lixiahao folk customs make spring

Lixiahao Street is a rural revitalization project with the theme of Han culture in Chang 'an City based on the protection of the site and built around the three rural resources within the site. Retain the original village style of Lixiahao Village, inherit and continue local culture, and promote the integration of large sites into modern life. During the New Year, the strong smoke of Guanzhong fireworks allows citizens and tourists to spend the New Year in Guanzhong. Social performances such as dragon and lion dances, encouragement, bamboo horses, dry boats, and stilts walked around traditional residential areas, or thrilling or humorous performances aroused cheers from the audience. The People's Troupe of Liquan County staged the traditional opera of Qin Opera "Xia He Dong" here. Residents and tourists from nearby villages and towns gathered under the stage, and the small village drank tea to watch the big drama. In the New Year market, stalls with hot roujiamo, tofu pudding, rolled dough noodles, and mirror cake are crowded with people, making people reminisce about the Old Guanzhong Spring Festival Temple Fair. Everyone is talking about "The taste of New Year is back!" "This Spring Festival is so beautiful!"

Hanfu Spring Tour in Seoul Lake

Hancheng Lake used to be the moat of Chang 'an City in the Han Dynasty, and is still a guarantee project for flood control in Xi'an. After years of construction, the scenic spot not only improves the living environment, but also displays and spreads Han culture and water culture. During the Spring Festival this year, Hancheng Lake organized a series of "Han Rites" activities to vividly reproduce the Han Dynasty etiquette. As soon as we entered Seoul Lake, the flavor of traditional New Year came to our faces. Hanfu enthusiasts wore ancient costumes to visit the park and take photos. In the square in front of Dafeng Pavilion,"Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty" led the "queen" and "ministers" on a parade, and tourists rushed to take photos. The "Han Style Playing and Painting" activity includes experience projects such as painted group fans, throwing pots, and Cuju. "Han Gong Hundred Operas" was staged in the square in front of Dafeng Pavilion, winning applause from the scene. Citizen Ms. Wang said that she lives nearby."I haven't had a good time out during the Spring Festival for several years. When I came to Seoul Lake this year, I found that it is full of New Year flavor, there are many programs, and I can experience traditional culture. It is very lively!" In addition, Seoul Lake also has many traditional cultural experience activities such as praying for blessings and visiting the garden, and taking photos in ancient costumes.

Han Royal Welcome Ceremony

Han Gong Hundred Operas, Music and Dance Acrobatic Figurines

Han Gong Hundred Operas, Music and Dance Acrobatic Figurines

New Year Blessing Garden Party

During more than 2,000 years of historical changes, the overall pattern of Chang 'an City in the Han Dynasty has been preserved to this day. It is an existing ancient capital site with large scale, rich relics, clear pattern, and relatively complete preservation. It contains extremely high historical and cultural value. Today's Chang 'an City in the Han Dynasty blends history and modernity, and the symbiotic development of site areas and villages, organically combines site protection with regional economic development, giving the millennium site new vitality and becoming a unique urban leisure and cultural space.