The 4th "Happy Spring Festival in Paris - Dragon and Lion New Year Dance Fragrance Street" Spring Festival Parade was held on the Champs - É lys é es in Paris on the 1st local time. This event is led and organized by the China Tourism Office in Paris and the Champs - É lys é es Management Committee in Paris. It is jointly organized by Chinese communities in France, such as the Bahray Group, the French Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Bank of China, Borui Culture Company, and the French Chinese Trade Promotion Association, as well as Codecom Culture Company, Vipu Group, and the White Eyebrow Kung Fu School in Paris. The event has received strong support from the governments of the eight districts of Paris, the All French Chinese Scholars and Students Association, the Sino French Association for Art Education and Cultural Development, and the overseas Chinese community in France. According to incomplete statistics, the event attracted about 100000 citizens and tourists to stop and watch, and the Fragrant Street was filled with a strong and festive New Year atmosphere. Chinese Ambassador to France Deng Li and his wife Zhang Hua, Mayor of the Paris 8th arrondissement Jenny de Otsel, Chairman of the Champs - É lys é es Commercial Committee Marc Antoine Jamet, Secretary General of LVMH Group, Sylvain Maillard, Member of the French National Assembly and Chairman of the France China Friendship Group, Wang Yin, Cultural Counsellor of the Chinese Embassy in France, Zhang Haomiao, Director of the Chinese Tourism Office in Paris, Wang Meng, Director of the Paris Chinese Cultural Center, Xiao Liang, President of the French Chamber of Commerce and Industry and President of the Bank of China Paris Branch, Wang Ying, Deputy Representative of the Chinese Permanent Mission to UNESCO, Li Wenguo, Secretary General of the French Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Deputy General Representative of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade in France, Julien Gardin, General Manager of the Bacry Group's Fukai Hotel, and Yang Xiaojing, Asia Sales Director, Lin Xiangwei and Vice President Wang Xi, President of the French Chinese Trade Promotion Association, and Li Dan, Representative of Borui BORUI Liu Miao, General Manager of Weipu Group Liu Xiaoyong, Secretary General of the Franco Chinese Foundation Liu Yi and other Sino French guests attended the event. Ambassador Deng Li stated in his speech that the Spring Festival is the most important traditional festival of the Chinese nation, a joyous day for family reunion, bidding farewell to the old and welcoming the new. It represents both a new beginning and hope, as well as the spiritual core of harmony and harmony in Chinese culture. Today, a grand parade was held on the iconic Champs - É lys é es in Paris to welcome the Chinese New Year of the Horse. It is not only a concentrated display of Spring Festival customs, but also a vivid portrayal of the two-way cultural exchange between China and France. Chinese and French guests jointly added the finishing touch to the lion dance, and the Spring Festival parade in Xiangjie kicked off. The Paris White Eyebrow Kung Fu School team led by Benjamin Colussi presented a southern lion dance performance, with 15 lion dancers performing difficult movements such as "Eight Immortals Stool Leaping" and "High Pole Picking Green" in turn. The lion shadows flew and the drum beat was resounding, winning applause and cheers from the street audience. The Nanshi performance not only showcases the perfect integration of traditional martial arts and lion dance art, but also conveys the wishes for a prosperous and successful Chinese New Year. Subsequently, the French Chinese Trade Promotion Association and Vipshop Group jointly presented 9 dragon dances, symbolizing auspiciousness, prosperity, and vitality, instantly igniting the enthusiasm of the live audience. The parade also gathers a rich and colorful display of traditional Chinese culture. The Hanfu cultural phalanx organized by Papaya Society has attracted a lot of attention. In the exhibition of traditional martial arts and health culture, the French Oriental Culture Communication Center brings Tai Chi and Qigong performances. Yingge Dance Array is composed of young dancers from Chaozhou Guild Hall in France. The dancers hold wooden mallets and march with sonorous and powerful steps. Their movements are neat and powerful, and the rhythm is bright and shocking, vividly demonstrating the unique charm of Chaoshan traditional folk art. In addition, a children's phalanx organized by Kubawa Academy showcased Hanfu, traditional dance, and eight dan brocade at the parade site, with young people from China and France joining hands to showcase the continuation and inheritance of cultural exchange among the younger generation. The Chinese and overseas Chinese phalanx following closely behind is composed of representatives from the Putian Overseas Chinese Association in Fujian, the French Chinese Trade Promotion Association, and the Hunan Hubei Association in France. The members of the phalanx are full of spirit and have neat steps, vividly demonstrating the good style of solidarity and mutual assistance among Chinese and overseas Chinese living in France, actively integrating into local society, and continuously promoting cultural exchanges between China and France. (New Society)