When the 9th Asian Winter Festival in Harbin meets the Lantern Festival, a wonderful and rich cultural experience activity allows athletes and officials from all over the world to feel the charm of Chinese traditional culture up close.
Brake a dumpling with your own hands, weave Chinese knots, guess lantern riddles, and cut a character for blessing with fish skin... At the main media center of the Harbin Asian Winter Games, athletes and officials from sports delegations from various countries stopped in front of many booths to experience Chinese traditional culture.
Gurshat Rejepova, head of the Turkmenistan Sports Delegation at the 9th Asian Winter Games: It’s delicious, I like it very much. The flavor of this lotus seed filling is very similar to a kind of dessert in our country.
Rejepova once studied Chinese in China and surprised her with China by participating in the Asian Winter Games.
Head of the Turkmenistan Sports Delegation of the 9th Asian Winter Conference Gurshat Rejepova: I also spent the Lantern Festival in China in 2017 and 2018. I never thought I would have a chance to come back, especially to attend such a grand event. It feels great, I enjoy it all. Although it was very cold outside, I was also infected by their passion when I saw the athletes fighting on the field, and the whole atmosphere was very good.
At the scene, there were both Northeast handkerchiefs and yangko dances, as well as the traditional Korean long drum performance. Under the music and drum beats, the atmosphere was particularly warm. A cute robot dog is also very eye-catching. It sometimes dances in a large Northeast flower jacket, and sometimes turns into a "courier" to deliver freshly cooked dumplings to the audience.
The 9th Asian Winter Games Kuwait Sports Delegation Team Officer Rashid Abdullah: I got a lantern and I still want to experience it, such as dumplings.
Athlete of the 9th Asian Winter Games, Hong Kong Sports Team, Ma Zhili: This is a "special impression". I took my zodiac sign, and the event I played was a seal for curling. My home is just eating dumplings, and nothing else is left. It seems that the atmosphere here is a bit stronger, and there are more other activities to do, which I think is quite good.
Asian Olympic Council Official Mohamed Rafik Bati: Today (February 12) is the Lantern Festival, and I come here specifically to experience the Lantern Festival and Chinese traditional culture. This is also my first time in China. The culture here is very different from my country, but they are all very good and I like it very much.
