Xinhua News Agency, Macau, January 29 (Reporters Li Hanfang and Guo Yuqi) Touch the shining "Golden Dragon" scales, take the golden "ingots", and compete with the God of Wealth to take selfies... On the morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year, the traditional landmark of Macau Sanba once again became a sea of ​​joy. The traditional program, the golden dragon and lion were patrolling the city with great courage, and there was a lot of joy everywhere.

Welcome the first Lunar New Year after the successful application for the Chinese New Year, Macau injects new vitality and elements into the traditional festival with exciting and dazzling activities.

The golden dragon opens a new year and everything goes well. The "Happy Spring Festival - 2025 Dragon Ting Dance and New Year" community tour was held at 11 a.m. on the 29th at Dasanba Archway. The 238-meter-long golden dragon and 18 lions are greeted by the "God of Wealth", "Three Stars of Fortune, Luck, and Longevity", "Golden Boy and Jade Girl" and the Macau tourism mascot "Mai Mai" to wish Macau residents and tourists a happy new year.

Ms. Ji from Shenzhen called out "very happy". She brought her parents for the first time, just in time for the Golden Dragon Tour on the first day of the Lunar New Year. Ms. Fan, who came from Wuhan to celebrate the Spring Festival, arrived at 9 a.m. and was in the first row of ornamental Golden Dragon. "This is my fourth time coming to Macau. This year, I have experienced the Lunar New Year in Macau. The golden dragons, lion dances, etc. retained here have a strong sense of traditional Chinese culture." She said.

The agile golden dragon shuttles through the streets and alleys, jumping and hovering, attracting a large number of citizens and tourists wherever it goes, and the streets are incomplete.

"Jinlong brings popularity to the stalls every year. According to previous years, the business will be better after the third day of the Lunar New Year." said Li Hongrui, the owner of Souxin Street near Dasanba.

The Spring Festival in Macau is a feast for the integration of Chinese and Western cultures. In the curling blue smoke at Maga Temple, people "grabbed the incense" to pray for peace and smoothness in the new year. Children hold the sacred fragrance windmill that means "time comes to run"; under the century-old arcade in Fulong New Street, the crispy aroma of almond cakes blends harmoniously with the mellow and harmonious combination of Portuguese red wine; in the firecrackers firecrackers and fireworks blooming in the sky, with blessings, flying to the end of the sea and sky, becoming a beautiful scenery.

In the float performance that will be held on January 31 and February 8, the Tourism Bureau of the Macao SAR Government specially invited more than 30 domestic and foreign performance teams, including the "East Asian Cultural Capital", and about 1,300 performers, together with 17 floats, to create an international art feast. By then, the streets and alleys of Macau will be once again shrouded in a joyful and festive atmosphere.

In Macau's Spring Festival, traditional communities are rejuvenated with the empowerment of entertainment technology. The "Nichang Night Rhyme" experience area of ​​the Fortress Garden, passengers made of Tang Dynasty and dressed in Hanfu lightly turn round fans to experience the Macau version of the Shangyuan Lantern Festival of the prosperous Tang Dynasty; the virtual reality guide at the former site of the Yilong Firecracker Factory has brought the century-old workshop back to life in digital light and shadow. Ms. Zhang from Guangzhou experienced woodblock New Year painting rubbings at the "Mage Good Market" and the Portuguese blue and white porcelain aromatherapy on the cultural and creative booths complemented the Guangdong-embroidered lion dance pendants.

According to reports, the SAR government and tourism and leisure enterprises continue to promote the revitalization of Macau's historical area, and hold a series of exciting activities in the Lizhiwan Shipyard area, the Dawu Garden, the Magetang area, the former site of Yilong Firecracker Factory, the Longhuan Puyun, the Xinma Road area and the Fulong Xinjie Pedestrian Area.

The brands of Macau’s “City of Performing Arts” and “City of Sports” shine during the Spring Festival. A series of exciting repertoire will sing the Golden Avenue during the holidays. Hebei Provincial Song and Dance Theater, Guizhou Provincial Congjiang County National Art Troupe, Guizhou Provincial Song and Dance Theater and Guizhou Provincial Acrobatic Troupe were also invited to bring various national dances, musical instruments and acrobatics performances that symbolize the festive characteristics of the New Year, so that the flowers on the New Year stage bloom.

The Sports Bureau also held the "2025 New Year's Health and Sports Activities" in the community on the third day of the Lunar New Year and the 12th day of the first lunar month to show the spring rhythm of Macau.

The Macau Daily published on the 29th issued a message saying that it is hoped that Macau will be able to use flexible and innovative thinking, courageous spirit of change, and the enthusiasm for traveling thousands of miles, climb high and look far, embrace all rivers, be enterprising, firmly respond to various challenges, actively seize every opportunity, and jointly create a better future for Macau.

When the sound of firecrackers comes into my ears, when fireworks illuminate the sea of ​​mirrors, the spring waltz belonging to the Haojiang River is composing a new rhyme of the era of the integration of Chinese and Western civilizations.