In the upcoming New Year's Eve, Tianjin here is about to hold a very rich activities, which of course is the light show is indispensable, but there are a lot more, we do not miss ah! Today, I will give you a brief summary of the Tianjin New Year's Eve, what are the good activities!
Tianjin GulouActivity time
December 31, 2019 (Tuesday) 19:30 to 00:30
January 1, 2020 (Wednesday) 19:00 to 20:30
Activity location
Drum Tower Front Square, Drum Tower Commercial Street
Zero BellIn the much-anticipated New Year's Eve countdown bell ringing session, five guests, including the city's cultural celebrities as well as representatives of Tianjin citizens who have signed up through the Internet, will **** the same drum tower New Year's bells that herald the arrival of 2020.
The Drum Tower, one of the cultural symbols of Tianjin, used to ring the bell on time in the morning and evening. This year, the bells of the Drum Tower will bring back the prayers and blessings of the New Year to the people of Tianjin on the New Year's Eve.
Familiar with the local customs of Tianjin, we should all know the saying: "Tianjin Wei has three treasures: the Drum Tower, the Fortress, the Bell Pavilion", the Drum Tower ranked first, is the most valued "treasure" of Tianjin people.
Saying that it is a "treasure", which comes from a legend - according to the publication in the July 13, 1942 "369 Pictorial" on the "Tianjin Wei three treasures - now According to an article published in 369 Pictorial on July 13, 1942, "Three Treasures of Tianjin Wei - Now Only One Remains", "A number of years ago, the four suburbs of Tianjin were suddenly plagued by floods. A few days later, the situation gradually surging, there is an unstoppable situation. The water reached the edge of the city, so the city gates were closed to prevent the water from intruding. In this situation, people felt panic about food security. One night, the clock upstairs rang automatically, and people thought it was very strange. The next morning, the water actually receded, so the bell of the drum tower became a treasure in the minds of the general public."
Morning bells and evening drums, seems to be a city "standard", but Tianjin does not have a bell tower, only a drum tower. Why is this? Cultural relics protection and ancient architecture expert Wei Kejing said, Tianjin's drum tower is very interesting, called the drum tower, in fact, there is no drum, only the bell, it is actually the role of the bell and drum tower together.
The Qing Dynasty poet Zhou Chuliang wrote in the "Bamboo Branch Lyrics": "This is a clock tower number drum tower, morning and evening twice instead of more chips. The sound knocked a hundred single zero eight, late pot waist has a quasi." The "pot waist" refers to a hunchbacked old man on the drum tower, who strikes the bell twice a day, morning and evening, fifty-four times each time, as a signal for the opening and closing of the city gates in the morning and evening.
Some people believe that the reason why the bell tower called "drum tower", in fact, is that the building is old, will be "old" of the "ancient" resonance, only to become a drumming "Drums".
It is reported that the night of the New Year's Eve, the Drum Tower will also be staged light show, cultural performances, snacks on sale and other New Year's activities.
Gulou light showThe Drum Tower building show is particularly noteworthy, the Drum Tower east wall will be used as a curtain, holographic equipment projected onto the Drum Tower wall will have a shocking 3D effect, fireworks, Mazu, Tianjin Eye, Ocean World, and the story of the Drum Tower's past and present life, will be shown in the building show. With the light changes around the building, will *** with the audience to create a dazzling visual feast.
The activity site also has an audience interactive link, the audience's New Year's wishes, smiley face photos, stories with Tianjin, etc. using VR multimedia technology projected onto the Drum Tower wall.
New Year's cultural performancesNew Year's activities to the Guangdong Hall a full classic Peking Opera "Red Mane Strong Horses" to kick off, near 11 o'clock in front of the Drum Tower Plaza main stage to inherit the theme of cultural evening to take over for the New Year's Eve to bring the second wave of climax, the main stage performances to the main Peking Opera and folk music, by the professional troupes and the audience **** with the participation of the building show, light shows, square dance flash mob, New Year's Day! The concert is a combination of building show, light show, square dance flash mob, and New Year's Eve concert, and the performance and interaction echo each other, so that the people present **** with the participation of the live performance.
Part of the cultural activities in Tianjin during the New Year's Day at a glanceThese activities will be held in the New Year's Eve, you can not miss these activities, these activities contain various elements to meet the different needs of everyone, I hope you can spend a happy New Year's Eve ah!