千载联盛世·年韵满长安
Exalted Era of ThousYears Echoes, Joy of Lunar New Year in ChangAn Jubilates
2020庚子新春古城全球征春联活动启幕
Spring Festival Activity in 2020 - Global Solicitation of Spring Festival Couplets Kicks Off
自2006年连续开展了14年的西安城墙全球征春联活动，不仅仅是一项重要的节庆文化活动，更体现了西安城墙作为“文化国门”走向世界的姿态和自信。值此岁末迎春之际，由中国银行总冠名，西安曲江新区管理委员会、中国楹联学会主办，西安城墙管理委员会、西安市楹联学会承办的“千载联盛世·年韵满长安”——2020庚子新春古城全球征春联活动拉开帷幕。
The Global Solicitation of Spring Festival Couplets campaign fXi'an City Wall, which has been carried out f14 years in a row since 2006, is more than a cultural festivity, but embodies the mannerconfidence of Xi'an City Wall as a "cultural gate" stepping onto the world stage. Marking the end of this yearthe new Spring, the "Exalted Era of ThousYears Echoes, Joy of Lunar New Year in ChangAn Jubilates" -- 2020 Global Solicitation of Spring Festival Couplets campaign, named by the Bank of China, sponsored by the Xi'an Qujiang New District Management Committeethe Chinese Couplets Association,undertook by the Management Committee of Xi'an's City Wallthe Xi'an Couplets Association kicked off officially.
据了解，本届征联活动从即日起至12月15日截稿，经由中国楹联学会、陕西省楹联学会、西安市楹联学会组成的评委组评审后，将为西安城墙18个城门评选出24副春联。
This year's couplets solicitation activity is reportedly to last from this day to December 15. Twenty-four of all the solicited couplets are to be selected fthe eighteen gates of Xi'an's city walls, after being reviewed by a panel of judges composed of members of the Chinese Couplets Association, the Shanxi Provincial Couplets Associationthe Xi'an Couplets Association.
城开万象花添锦，联载盛世谱新篇。西安古城墙征春联活动已经成为了新时代传播中国传统文化的信使，通过把城墙这一特殊的文化载体和中国独有的民俗形式——春联的紧密联系，加深了传统文化的交融和碰撞。在十三朝古都的历史荣耀下，西安是蜚声中外的文化古都；在国家中心城市的新起点上，西安亦是一座充满新活力的新都市。以文化为根基，以创新谋发展，西安城墙将不断助力西安国家中心城市的建设，提振城市精气神、提升西安城市形象，传播城市文化魅力。
Opening the door, flowers add brilliance to Xi'an's present splendor; ushering a new chapter, couplets present an age of prosperity. The Spring Festival couplets solicitation activity has become a messenger to spread traditional Chinese culture in the new era. By connecting the city wall, the special cultural carrier,the Spring Festival couplets, the unique form of folk custom in China, the fusioncollision of traditional culture forms has been deepened. Being the capitals of thirteen dynasties, Xi'an has a world reputation of the ancient capital of culture; stepping on the new starting point of the national central city, Xi'an is also a brand-new city full of vitality. In pursuing innovation-driven develop based on its profound cultural foundation, Xi'an City Wall will spare no effort to promote the construction of national central city, boost the vitality, enhance the image,present the charm of Xi'an city.
