A Day with My Foreign Friends: The Chinese New Year Vibes in Changsha Hit Different 

2月11日，南方小年这一天，火宫殿的灯笼下多了一群远道而来的面孔。

On February 11, the day of the "Xiaonian"(the little New Year) in southern China, a group of visitors from afar gathered under the lanterns at the Huogong Palace.

他们来自不同国家，却在同一张桌前俯身。滩头年画市级代表性传承人手把手教他们上墨、覆纸、拓印。一位意大利友人在自己印好的“福”字角落，悄悄画上一朵小花，说这是“长沙的春天”。

They came from different countries, yet leaned over the same table. The Municipal Representative Inheritor of Tantou New Year Paintings taught them how to ink, cover paper and make rubbings step by step. An Italian visitor quietly drew a small flower beside his printed Chinese character "Fu", calling it "the spring of Changsha".

这是“新年画·新湖南”非遗年俗公益手作体验的现场。国际友人在墨香里完成人生第一幅中国年画。有人在留白处用母语写下祝福，有人举着作品“福”字四处合影，对着镜头喊出刚学的中国话。

This was the public welfare experience activity "New Spring Festival Painting · New Hunan" featuring the Spring Festival customs of intangible culture heritage. Foreign friends finished their first Chinese New Year woodblock painting ever in the fragrance of ink. Some wrote greetings in their mother tongues on the blank space; others held up their "Fu" works to take photos and shouted newly learned Chinese phrases at the camera.

年俗本是中国人的春节密码。但这一刻，它被不同肤色的人一起按下了解读键，是长沙冬天里热腾腾的握手，是这个古老节日向世界摊开的那一面：不设防，不排外，不吝啬。

Spring Festival traditions are originally the unique cultural code of the Chinese people. But at this moment, people of all colors unlocked this code together. It was a warm connection in the winter of Changsha, showing the world the open side of this ancient festival: welcoming, inclusive and generous.

年味在此交汇，然后各自出发。

The tastes and vibes of Chinese New Year gathered here, and then scattered onward.

记者:  冯宇轩

翻译审校: 欧阳凤

实习生:  宋佳怡

责编：冯宇轩

一审：秦慧英

二审：张权

三审：文凤雏

来源：湖南日报·新湖南客户端