There is no winter that is insurmountable, and there is no spring that does not come. In March, what is the different experience of attending a temple fair that used to be held during the Chinese New Year? On April 24th, the "Spring Temple Fair", hosted by the Malta Chinese Cultural Centre and Santa Rukia City Hall in Malta, and cooperated by the Confucius Institute of the University of Malta, the 17th China Medical Aid Team, the University of Malta Chinese Medicine Center, and the Malta Science and Technology Museum (Esplora), was successfully held in the city's classical Chinese garden "Jing Garden", presenting a multicultural feast for the local people.
"Travelers travel to draw, spring and melt", and the warm sunshine shines on the "China Jingyuan". The yingmen are a stage built on top of the fountain pool, and the shadow wall stone sculpture "Prosperous Breeding Map" contrasts with the banner that integrates the Elements of The Dragon's Head, Peony, Cornflower and other Chinese horses and children's animation images, and merges into the stage background. On the left side of the road leading to the garden area, there is a "Culture Street", with representative cultural products and services with Chinese characteristics such as traditional Chinese medicine, calligraphy and painting, dragon and lion interaction, handicrafts and small snacks; the garden area has become a quiet and elegant "cultural collection", providing a number of indoor workshops such as piano, chess, books, paintings, tea, handicrafts, traditional games, etc.; outdoor special arrangement "Between Inches • Chinese Characters Cultural Creativity and Tourism Exhibition" to celebrate the "United Nations Chinese Day". In the picnic area and sculpture garden on the right, visitors can safely experience Chinese cuisine and Malta's "Ftira" flat yeast bread inscribed on THE UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 2020; children can also participate in scientific experiments, sand paintings, horseback riding, bouncy castles and other projects that integrate local resources.
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Seek medical advice
Kanji exhibition
The stage performances continued throughout the day, with Chinese horse talent masters and performance teams taking turns to appear. Gongs and drums are sonorous, dragons and lions are churning and dancing, and the Maltese Dragon Turtle Martial Arts School opened with "full of color". In the live guqin playing of Wang Weiqiang, a Chinese artist in Malaysia, members of the Yang Tai Chi Club in Malta danced, and Tai Chi Chuan, Tai Chi Sword, Tai Chi Knife and Tai Chi Fan "smell the strings and know the meaning of ya", highlighting the essence and meaning of Tai Chi. Maltese overseas Chinese Tibetan dragon Crouching Tiger, guqin "Gull Heron Forget Machine", Erhu "Golden Snake Crazy Dance", Yangqin "Happy Xinjiang", classical dance "Yan Wu Xie", "Spring March" graceful and colorful, skirt dance flying, violin solo "New Year Music", popular music "Lonely Brave", and clown interactive performance "Magic Balloon", wonderful, lively, climactic. Maltese talent masters are not weak, Lea Briffa, a small member of the Cultural Center, brings the theme song "Freedom and Bravery" of "Bear Haunting Fantasy Space", Lin Yao (Louisa Buhagiar) and Jack Cutajar present guitars to sing "The Sea of Stars", Malta's new World Heritage Project - Traditional Improvised Ana (Singing) and the introduction of local professional choirs, so that the Chinese and Malaysian audiences feel a different kind of excitement.
Tai Chi performs guqin accompaniment
Malta Intangible Cultural Heritage Music Ana
choir
It is particularly worth mentioning that this year marks the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Malaysia, and the unveiling ceremony of the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Malaysia was held in Jingyuan on the same day. Chinese Ambassador to Malta Yu Dunhai, Foreign Minister Ian Borg of Malaysia, Mayor Charmaine St John of Santa Lucia and Reno Calleja, President of the Malaysian-Chinese Friendship Association, attended the event and delivered speeches. After the unveiling ceremony, Yu Dunhai participated in the "Spring Temple Fair" with the guests.
Group photo for the 50th anniversary
Yang Xiaolong, director of the Chinese Cultural Center of Malta, said that this is the first large-scale public cultural exchange activity held in Malta since the epidemic, and the cultural resources and content of China and Malaysia have been further integrated and utilized through the "temple fair" platform. The "Spring Festival Temple Fair" celebrates the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Malaysia in the spring, which also indicates the infinite beauty of the spring light of cultural exchanges between China and Malaysia. Malta's largest circulation newspaper, The Times of Malta, and Oh My Malta, the Malta Tourism Board's co-operative tourism website, both previewed the event. Xinhua news agency published chinese and English text and photo reports. Karl Stagno Navarra, host of Malta's most popular political discussion program Pjazza, hosted the unveiling ceremony of the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Malaysia, and expressed his willingness to provide in-depth coverage of the show.
Wooden stake performance
Dance "Swallow No Rest"
"Spring March"
Guitar singing "Sea of Stars"
Yangqin "Happy Xinjiang"
The Lone Warrior
Magic Balloon Clown
Children's playground
Calligraphy experience
Tea
Chinese chess
Hanfu booth (Photo: Su Xueming, Shi Xiaoning, Zhao Jing, Zhao Fei, Zhang Junning, Huang Yuan, Sun Yi, Wang Weili, Wang Liwei, Li Jianmin, Shen Ying)
Source: Malta Chinese Cultural Centre
Editor-in-charge: Li Ru