Tokyo Disneyland celebrated its 40th anniversary on Saturday, kicking off year-long festivities featuring several iconic characters.

周六，东京迪士尼乐园迎来了40周年纪念，以几个标志性人物为主角的为期一年的庆祝活动拉开帷幕。

Despite the rainy weather, people rushed to the theme park located east of Tokyo for the first day of celebration, greeted with passionate waves of hands and high-fives by actors and actresses at the entrance.

尽管当天下雨，人们还是涌向东京东部的主题公园参加第一天的庆祝活动，在入口处，演员们热情地挥手和击掌致意。

We will step up hard work to make this a place where everyone's dreams continue, Kenji Yoshida, president of Disneyland's operator Oriental Land, said at the launch ceremony for the 40th-anniversary celebrations.

迪士尼乐园运营方东方乐园总裁吉田健二在40周年庆典启动仪式上表示:“我们将继续努力，让这里成为每个人梦想的延续之地。”

The celebration activities will be held until March 31, 2024.

庆祝活动将持续到2024年3月31日。

Starting Saturday, Tokyo Disneyland will present a new daytime 45-minute parade called "Disney Harmony in Color", which includes characters from Disney movies such as "Zootopia", "Moana" and "Wreck-it Ralph", as well as long-time favorites.

从本周六开始，东京迪士尼乐园将推出一场名为“迪士尼色彩和谐”的日间游行，时长45分钟，游行队伍中包括《疯狂动物城》、《海洋奇缘》和《无敌破坏王》等迪士尼电影中的角色，以及人们一直以来最喜欢的角色。

Among the celebration activities will also be "Club Mouse Beat", a live entertainment program performed by Mickey Mouse and his friends, "Let's Celebrate with Colors" featuring Mickey Mouse and his friends greeting guests from aboard a boat at Tokyo DisneySea, and "Sky Full of Colors" with fireworks lighting up the night sky at both parks of the Tokyo Disney Resort in Chiba Prefecture.

庆祝活动还包括由米老鼠和它的朋友们表演的现场娱乐节目“Club Mouse Beat”，米老鼠和它的朋友们在东京迪士尼海洋的船上迎接客人的“众彩同庆”，以及在千叶县的东京迪士尼度假区的两个公园里用烟花点亮夜空的“众彩满夜空”。

Tokyo Disneyland, which opened on April 15, 1983, was the first Disney park outside the United States. Its neighboring theme park Tokyo DisneySea was opened to the public in 2001.

东京迪士尼乐园于1983年4月15日开放，是美国本土以外的第一个迪士尼主题乐园。邻近的东京迪士尼海洋乐园于2001年向公众开放。

The total number of visitors to the two parks had surpassed 800 million as of March 2022.

截至2022年3月，两个公园的游客总数已超过8亿人次。