Shanghai received more than 1.72 million tourists on the first day of the holiday, and Shanghai welcomed sunny and warm weather

Release time:Apr 24, 2024 17:07 PM

On the first sunny day of the Spring Festival holiday, Shanghai welcomed 1.7299 million tourists with a warm embrace, an increase of 4.58% over the same period last year. During the festival, the streets and alleys of bustling cities are filled with a strong festive atmosphere, and exciting cultural and tourism activities are the icing on the cake, bringing a special "Chinese New Year flavor" to citizens and tourists.

During the Spring Festival of the Year of the Dragon, the Shanghai Municipal Bureau of Culture and Tourism has carefully focused on the theme of "Enjoying Shanghai for the Chinese New Year—looking for the dragon in the city with flowers all the way" and launched more than 200 holiday cultural and tourism activities, covering art exhibitions, cultural museums, and watching dramas The eight sections, including singing parties, taking exams in Haihai, enjoying aesthetic education, visiting scenic spots, and tasting delicious food, provide citizens and tourists with a variety of choices.

On the first day of the holiday, major scenic spots, cultural and museum venues, and business districts are all decorated, and New Year-themed lantern shows are in full bloom. The 29th Yuyuan Lantern Festival, with the theme of "Mountains and Seas of Yuji", created a fantasy and magnificent deep-sea wonderland, attracting a large number of tourists. In addition, the "Pearl Dragon Shadow Lantern Fish Dance" artistic light scene under the Oriental Pearl TV Tower, the folk lantern and light water curtain show at Xinzhuang Chunshen Lake, and the "Auspicious Beast Dragon Gate Array" themed lantern show at Shanghai Happy Valley are all for citizens and tourists. It brings a different kind of visual feast.

In Qingpu and Jiading, the Qingpu District Jiachen Year of the Dragon New Year Lantern Festival, "Qinglong Golden Chamber, Butterfly Rises from Wupu", Guyi Garden immersive garden party and rich folk experience activities were also held simultaneously, using Jiangnan traditional culture, intangible cultural heritage elements and modern The art of light and shadow brings out the New Year atmosphere of fireworks and human fireworks.

In traditional Chinese culture, the dragon is a mythical animal that represents nobility and auspiciousness. Idioms such as the dragon and the phoenix appearing auspicious, the dragon soaring and the tiger leaping, and the spirit of the dragon and horse all express people's love for the dragon. As the Year of the Dragon approaches, people can see dragons everywhere on the streets and scenic spots in Shanghai.

During the festival, more than 100 business districts, scenic spots and venues in Shanghai have installed various Year of the Dragon installations, allowing citizens and tourists to visit intangible cultural heritage everywhere, participate in traditional cultural activities, and experience the fun of Spring Festival customs and culture. Oriental Green Boat launched the theme activity of "Auspicious Dragon holds its head high to usher in a new era", through the "Three Dragons" intangible cultural display of "Sky Dragon", "Earth Dragon" and "Water Dragon", an intangible cultural heritage market full of New Year flavor and the "Dragon Horse Spirit" The New Year parade brings tourists a joyful picture of the New Year celebrations.

"Sky Dragon" kites and water dragon boats during the Oriental Green Boat Festival. Photo by Li Baohua

On the morning of the first day of the holiday, in the square next to the entrance of Oriental Green Boat, the red dragon-shaped decoration and blessing wall attracted many people to check in and take photos. Soon, a dragon dance performance performed by a group of young people, called "Earth Dragon", attracted the attention of tourists. On the pier of Neihu Lake in the scenic area, tourists who came here in groups got on dragon boats and paddled vigorously amidst the exciting drumbeats. , sailing to the finish line and opening the bridge to compete for the "Dragon Pearl" that symbolizes victory, which is called the "Water Dragon"; on the lakeside lawn at the end of the dragon boat race, a dragon-shaped kite tens of meters long is steady in the hands of the "Old Master" of the Kite Association Lifting into the sky and soaring under the blue sky, it is called "Celestial Dragon". Accompanying the "Tianlong" kite is a huge soft-bodied trilobite kite and a four-wire control competition kite, which decorate the festival sky with great excitement.

In addition to dragon boat rowing, dragon dancing and kite performances, during the festival, citizens and tourists can also visit the market, learn about intangible cultural heritage, enjoy parades, experience sugar painting and sugar figures, and watch Korean cake-making live at the Oriental Green Boat to feel the rich atmosphere. The taste of the year. As the weather gets warmer, the first batch of red plum blossoms in the Green Boat Scenic Area have quietly opened, bringing a breath of spring to the New Year.

On the first day of the new year, the first plum blossoms in Oriental Green Boat have already bloomed. Photo by Li Baohua

On the first night of the Lunar New Year, "Spring Festival Oriental Dragon Chases the Light·2024 Dragon TV Spring Festival Gala" will be officially staged. The crew of "Flowers" will also meet again at Dragon TV's Spring Festival Gala to watch "Flowers in Bloom" with the audience and enjoy a different flavor of the Spring Festival Gala.

Shanghai received more than 1.72 million tourists on the first day of the holiday, and Shanghai welcomed sunny and warm weather

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