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Hangzhou Youthcast: Intl youths share understanding of Chinese festivals

Hangzhou Focus| Updated: January 28, 2025 L M S

This episode centers around the core topic of Chinese New Year's zodiac culture and explores it with international youths from Australia, Morocco, Russia, and Yemen. lt delves into their understanding of traditional Chinese festivals since the successful inscription of the Spring Festival onthe UNESCO Representative List of the IntangibleCultural Heritage of Humanity, their encounters with the Spring Festival travel rush during their stay in China, the Spring Festival customs they most desire to experience, the unique intangible cultural heritage activities and traditional festivals in their own countries, the festive music that could be played by supermarkets and street shops along the streets during holidays abroad, and the zodiac signs they correspond to. An in-depth discussion is carried out on the symbolic meaning of the "snake'in their own cultures, to explore cultural similarities and differences while comparing with the image of the snake in the globally popular "Harry Potter" series. Finally, the topic is extended to the classic Chinese myth "The Legend of the White Snake," exploring their unique insights into this love story!

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