蛇年春节将至，奥地利汉学家、维也纳大学孔子学院奥方前院长李夏德(Richard Trappl)在接受中新网专访时，回忆起自己1998年在北京过春节的场景。他陪同一位奥地利记者去大钟寺录下新年钟声，希望让奥地利人了解中国人是如何过春节的。

　　在专访中，李夏德还向中国朋友们送上新年祝福：祝中国朋友新春快乐，愿所有人迎接和平、和谐、共同的未来。(张东方)

　　As the Year of the Snake approaches, Richard Trappl, an Austrian Sinologist and former director of the Confucius Institute at the University of Vienna, shared his memory of celebrating the 1998 Spring Festival in Beijing during an exclusive interview with China News Network. He accompanied an Austrian journalist to the Dazhong Temple to record the chimes of the bell, hoping to let Austrians know how Chinese people celebrate the Spring Festival.

　　Trappl wishes Chinese friends a happy Spring Festival and may everyone in the world enjoy a peaceful, harmonious, and shared future. ( Zhang Dongfang)

责任编辑：【孟湘君】