Southeast Asia Information Port News (www.dnyxxg.com) On Lunar New Year's Eve, joy and peace reigned throughout China. People strolled through temple fairs, enjoyed traditional customs, and celebrated family reunions, joyfully celebrating the New Year.
New Year temple fairs were held across the country. The Wuhou Temple Fair in Chengdu, Sichuan, attracted visitors from all over, featuring performances such as Sichuan opera face-changing and stage dramas. At the Spring Festival temple fair in Jizhou District, Tianjin, citizens and tourists wrote the character "福" (fortune) together, rang bells to pray for blessings, and experienced the strong festive atmosphere.
Enjoying folk customs and celebrating the New Year. In Wujiang Village, Zunyi, Guizhou, over 30 folk performances were held daily during the Spring Festival. Visitors joined local villagers in bamboo pole dancing and singing folk songs to celebrate the New Year. At the Xinlicheng Grand Market in Changchun, Jilin, Northeast Yangko dance expressed people's love for a happy life. Fifteen cities in Xinjiang held Shehuo performances, with Shehuo teams taking turns to perform, featuring a variety of exciting performances including war drums, dragon and lion dances, Ansai waist drum dances, and Yangko dances. In Chun'an, Zhejiang, nearly 300 performers from multiple bamboo horse dance troupes gathered to revitalize the dance through innovative choreography and integration with local traditions. In Jinan, Shandong, the Baimai Spring complex was bustling with activity, as people enjoyed the springs, celebrated the New Year, and witnessed a variety of lively performances, creating a strong festive atmosphere.
Enjoying delicious food and celebrating the Spring Festival. In Shidian, Yunnan, tourists and villagers worked together around a stove, cooking and experiencing the unique flavors of Yunnan's New Year through lively interaction.
A dazzling display of lights celebrated the festival. The Spring Festival garden party in Wuxi, Jiangsu, was a highlight, blending tradition and modernity with the white walls and gray tiles, allowing tourists to take photos and feel the abundant "good fortune." In the ancient village of Yixian, Anhui, lanterns danced, praying for a prosperous and peaceful Year of the Horse. At the Spring Festival lantern festival in Chaoyang, Liaoning, over 30 large lantern displays and more than 100 small photo spots allowed people to celebrate the festival amidst the dazzling lights. In Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, a lantern festival and ice and snow sculptures were unveiled on Central Street, creating a vibrant Spring Festival atmosphere and symbolizing a prosperous new year, attracting many citizens to stop and take photos.
While families reunite, the vast expanse of space also exudes a festive spirit. The Shenzhou-21 crew, currently in orbit, recorded a New Year's greeting video for the Year of the Horse, offering New Year's wishes to the motherland and its people from a unique "space perspective."
During the Spring Festival, Hong Kong's streets and alleys were decorated with lanterns and filled with joy. At the Victoria Park Lunar New Year Market, citizens bought New Year's goods and flowers, with daffodils, hydrangeas, and orchids from the mainland being particularly popular. Macau's main attractions and streets were brimming with spring. A large-scale lantern display and New Year's flower exhibition themed "Horses Welcoming Spring and Celebrating the New Year" attracted many citizens and tourists to take photos. The festive atmosphere of bidding farewell to the old year and welcoming the new year permeated the streets and alleys of Taipei. The traditional New Year's market on Dihua Street was bustling with people, with hundreds of stalls stretching out, offering a dazzling array of roasted nuts, candies, Spring Festival couplets, and more, creating a strong festive atmosphere.
