On the first day of the Lunar New Year in the Year of the Dragon, Jiachen, enjoy the lanterns and dragon dances, warm currents surge, and the land of China is decorated with lanterns and colors, permeating the festive and peaceful festival atmosphere.
In the strong atmosphere of the New Year, people greet each other and wish each other a new year, comfort their homesickness in returning home, release their longings in reunions, gather strength in joyful gatherings, and look forward to a better and more hopeful future.
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Tianjin Ancient Culture Street, lanterns, paper-cuts, lanterns and other accessories decorate the antique streets with blue bricks and red tiles.
On February 10, 2024, tourists watched a performance at Tianjin Ancient Culture Street.Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Zhao Zishuo
Dragon and lion dances, Allegro stilts, Peking Opera drum music… This historical and cultural district known as the “Hometown of Jinmen” is celebrating the Spring Festival with colorful folk cultural performances and welcoming visitors from all over the world.
On the morning of the 10th, Ms. Liu from Shandong took her two children to “check in” at Ancient Culture Street. In the store “Clay Figure Zhang Shijia”, two clay figures, “Auspicious Dragon” and “Peace Dragon” attracted children’s attention. “It looks festive!” She said with a smile, celebrating the New Year with “intangible cultural heritage” is particularly meaningful.
On February 10, 2024, a child watched a dragon dance and prayer performance at the folk culture temple fair held at Tianhou Palace in Shinan District, Qingdao City, Shandong Province. Published by Xinhua News Agency (photo by Wang Haibin)
Looking at the land of the motherland, it is full of rich New Year customs, colorful New Year scenery, and rich New Year flavor.
In the past few days, “village evenings” have been held in full swing in many places across the country. The villagers directed and performed the “Village Gala” themselves, just like a “feast”. Watching the “Village Gala” has become a New Year custom.
The melodious tunes of the reed pipe are full of joy and freedom, and the brisk dance steps show the joy of the harvest… In the Chengyang Bazhai Scenic Area of Liuzhou Sanjiang Dong Autonomous County, Guangxi, located in the southern border of the motherland, the “Village Gala” uses marching performances, living inheritance and Interactive experiences and other methods allow everyone to immerse themselves in the local culture.
On February 3, 2024, the main venue event of the National Spring Festival “Village Gala” was wonderfully staged in Sanjiang Dong Autonomous County, Liuzhou, Guangxi, and actors performed at the “Village Gala”.Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Lu Boan
Thousands of miles away in the Northeast, the colors of “New Year red” and “ice and snow white” are intertwined, creating a unique Spring Festival memory.
Early in the morning on New Year’s Day, the sky was blue and the sun was shining brightly at the Yabuli Sunshine Ski Resort in Heilongjiang Province. “Coming to ski on the first day of the Lunar New Year and ‘cutting the ribbon’ for the new year is hearty and joyful.” This is how Harbin citizen Liang Weijie’s family welcomes the New Year.
Crystal white during the day, colorful at night, dragon dance + Chinese drum performance, Hanfu parade and praying… In Harbin Ice and Snow World, tens of thousands of tourists from home and abroad gathered in the park to ring in the New Year’s bell and ride on the big snowflake skyscraper Take a round and enjoy the ice and snow scenery on both sides of the Songhua River.
East, west, north and south, each has its own charm. New and old fashions make the New Year more colorful.
On February 6, 2024, Wang Guanhai (middle), the inheritor of fish lantern making skills in Zhanqi Village, She County, Huangshan City, Anhui Province, was making fish lanterns. Published by Xinhua News Agency (photo by Fan Chengzhu)
Deep in the ancient village, lights are lit to welcome the spring. In Zhanqi Village, Bei’an Town, She County, Huangshan City, Anhui Province, which has a history of more than 1,300 years, villagers make fish lanterns using bamboo slices as a network, tissue paper and hand-painted fish lanterns to express people’s good expectations for the New Year.
Wang Guanhai, the intangible inheritor of Zhanqi fish lantern making skills, is preparing for the fish lantern show that will start on the second day of the Lunar New Year. “Fish lanterns are divided into two types: red fish and herring. Red fish means joy, peace and prosperity; herring represents the return of spring to the earth and good weather.” Wang Guanhai said that during the performance, each big fish is performed by two people, with the head and tail of each fish. One person, accompanied by drum music, makes various movements, resembling carps swimming in the water. The surrounding children were filing out holding hundreds of small fish of different shapes, making it very lively.
In the East Hall of the Shanghai Museum, the “Star of China Sanxingdui·Jinsha Ancient Shu Civilization Exhibition” is on display, attracting many citizens and tourists. Many citizens also go to libraries and exhibition halls to celebrate the festival, and “welcoming the New Year with culture” has become a popular choice for people to celebrate the New Year.
Energetic and enjoy life
Early on the morning of the 10th, at Kunming South Railway Station, passengers taking the China-Laos Railway international passenger train passed through the verification channel in an orderly manner and entered the station to board the train.
This is the first Spring Festival for the China-Laos Railway international passenger train since it opened on April 13 last year.
Colorful ribbons, lanterns, window grilles and Spring Festival couplets decorated the carriage. “My relatives opened a B&B in Luang Prabang, Laos, and we went there to celebrate the New Year together.” Ms. Li, a tourist from Chengdu, Sichuan, said that she could have a reunion dinner in Luang Prabang in the afternoon.
It is reported that in response to the boom in outbound travel, the number of cross-border seats on the China-Laos Railway international passenger trains has been increased from 300 to 350 per trip. At the same time, the train is also equipped with flight attendants who can speak Lao, English and minority languages to help passengers enter and exit smoothly.
The Mohan Port on the China-Laos Railway is also experiencing a large passenger flow. In addition to Chinese tourists going out, there are also many foreign friends who come to experience the excitement of the “Chinese Year”.
As of now, there are 23 countries that have comprehensive mutual visa exemption arrangements with my country, covering five continents.
On the 10th, at the Capital Airport T3 terminal, red lanterns, festive New Year flowers and the “New Year Garden Party” themed landscape attracted passengers to take photos.
At 7 a.m., passengers taking Air China flight CA775 to Singapore were queuing up to check in. Air China staff at the check-in counter clearly felt the changes in passenger flow after the implementation of the visa-free policy. “Today’s flight is nearly full again, so we started check-in half an hour earlier than before.”
In the past, people went to cities to celebrate festivals and travel. Now, with the deepening of rural revitalization, more and more people choose to go to the countryside and stay in B&Bs to celebrate the festival.
Data from Meituan and Dianping show that bookings for rural B&Bs grew strongly during the Spring Festival, an increase of nearly 200% compared to last year’s Spring Festival, and the popularity of bookings also arrived one week earlier than last year. Next, the platform will continue to help B&B practitioners continue to improve their online service capabilities and standardization construction, so that more people will pay attention to and understand the beauty of rural revitalization.
In major popular scenic spots, travel reservations continue to increase; many hotels and restaurants are fully booked from the first to the eighth day of the Lunar New Year…
“The hot data during the Spring Festival indicates a strong recovery in consumption during the Spring Festival.” Li Jiwei, deputy director of the Meituan Research Institute, said that many consumers have made travel arrangements early, and online platforms and merchants in various places have launched various policies to benefit the people. Stimulate consumption vitality.
On January 1, 2024, the “Aida·Modu” officially launched its maiden commercial voyage at Shanghai Wusongkou International Cruise Port. This is a cruise ship docked at Shanghai Wusongkou International Cruise Port (drone photo).Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Ding Ting
On New Year’s Eve, the domestic large-scale cruise ship “Aida·Modu” carrying more than 4,500 passengers slowly departed from Shanghai Wusongkou International Cruise Port and embarked on a wonderful New Year’s journey at sea.
Passenger He Yingxin from Beijing said: “It is so memorable to spend the Spring Festival on this large domestic cruise ship.”
Hope to start a new journey
The red lanterns were hung up, and the resettlement site in Xiaohongping Village, Shiyuan Town, Jishishan County, Gansu Province became bustling with activity.
On February 9, 2024, people reunited and shared a New Year’s Eve dinner at the Tuanjie Village resettlement site in Liuji Township, Jishishan County, Linxia Prefecture, Gansu Province.Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Lang Bingbing
At noon on the 9th, in the open space in front of the resettlement site, a “village evening” was held that mobilized the strength of the whole village. Children performed songs, dances and recitations, grandfathers played the erhu, and grandmothers danced square dances. They were all organized spontaneously. programme.
59-year-old Fan Guodai plays the erhu, and his granddaughter also participated in five or six programs at once. “During this period, everyone in the resettlement site has no worries about food and clothing, and the energy to rebuild their homes has also been raised. Let’s take advantage of this party to have a good time and welcome the New Year happily. Look up and look forward, the Year of the Dragon will definitely It’s been a good year!” Fan Guodai said.
A strong aroma is wafting from the wooden house. The villagers make yellow and brown avocado from the dough mixed with eggs, white sugar, and brown sugar and put it into the hot oil pan. After a while, the Kang table was filled with two large pots of fragrant finished products, and the children couldn’t wait to taste them.
The strong flavor of the New Year breeds enthusiasm and enthusiasm.
Post-disaster reconstruction work in Jishishan County is underway in an orderly manner. “Fifty-seven schools have completed the preparation of reinforcement and repair plans, and 16 of them have started construction. We strive to complete the repair and reinforcement of all schools before the start of spring. After the start of spring, large-scale reconstruction will begin.” said Qi Xiaojun, deputy secretary of the Jishishan County Party Committee.
New scenery, new departure, new motivation.
Off the Bohai Sea, on the large monitoring screen in the central control room of CNOOC Chengbei Oilfield, production data such as pressure, liquid level, and temperature are beating. Zhao Hongjian, a 56-year-old safety supervisor of Chengbei Oilfield, is staring at the large screen to monitor production conditions. “Oilfield production cannot be stopped during the Spring Festival. Protecting national energy security is both a responsibility and a blessing,” he said.
At Qinzhou Port East Station, the rail-sea combined transport hub station of the New Western Land-Sea Corridor, deputy station director Du Junfeng and 18 employees stayed on duty, directing rail-sea combined transport trains loaded with import and export goods to all directions.
On January 26, 2024, at Shanghai Hongqiao Airport, passengers were preparing to take China Eastern Airlines’ domestic large passenger plane C919 to Chengdu Tianfu International Airport. This is the first time C919 has served Spring Festival travel.Xinhua News Agency
Under the blue sky and above the white clouds, the C919 domestically produced large aircraft served the Spring Festival transportation for the first time, flying on the Beijing-Shanghai and Shanghai-Chengdu routes. “In order to ensure that everyone can happily and smoothly fly the C919 home for the New Year, we have engineers stationed at the operation site, with rapid response on duty, to form a linkage with the headquarters to ensure that the flight is successful and smooth.” said Yan Zikun, assistant to the chief engineer of the C919 aircraft.
Dragons are rising in China, and spring is blooming in China. With a longing for a better future, people are full of energy to start a better life in the new year.
◆Editor: Deng Weilin ◆Second review: Jiang Ping ◆Third review: Lai Yousheng
2024-02-11 04:28:32
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