Sébastien Le Belzic
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15:57, February 09, 2022
REPORTAGE
Today is Wednesday, Wednesday, children’s day, even in China. I’m taking you, therefore, for this fourth episode of our series Un hiver Chine
, in the east of Beijing, where there are a whole series of giant shopping malls, real cities in the city and which offer a whole bunch of activities for families and especially for children. For the occasion, I have chosen for you this Chinese version of a Christmas carol, because it is always the holidays here, the Chinese New Year holidays (see video in illustration of this article).
We are outside a large shopping center in Beijing, a state-of-the-art shopping center and there is a lot of entertainment that is organized around the Olympic Games
with the sponsors of these Games, obviously, who have set up stands everywhere. We can see both the events of these Winter Olympics and then gift ideas around the theme of the Olympics (see video in illustration).
We will pass inside this large shopping center where activities are offered for children, such as this shadow theater, a very traditional show in China and which, even today, still fascinates children. We are passionate about these little characters from Chinese mythology.
In full Chinese New Year
We’re in the middle of a Chinese New Year holiday. Here, the Chinese New Year, it was February 1st. It’s traditionally the big holiday here in China. It lasts a month, the primary schools are closed and everyone takes the opportunity to go for a walk and do activities with the children, as a family.
This time, we enter a gigantic and extremely noisy room, you can hear it, dedicated to video games. There is a real passion for video games in China. There are also massage chairs for rest or sleep, small booths for karaoke. And there, it’s an alley with only restaurants, with the famous Chinese fondue on the menu, very popular in winter, obviously.
That’s it, you will understand, the shopping centers in Beijing are absolutely gigantic and crowded during the Chinese New Year holidays. If you want to see more images of Beijing and its people, go to the YouTube channel of Europe 1, Playlist A Winter in China
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