CCTV News (News Network): Hang up colorful lanterns and visit the flower market. As the Spring Festival approaches, the New Year atmosphere in various places is getting stronger and stronger.
In Chang'an Street, Beijing, various lighting decorations such as big red lanterns and Chinese knots are lit one after another, and the Ten Mile Long Street is "blowing red and hanging colors" to welcome the New Year. Guangzhou Yuexiu Mountain is bright in lights, and the large-scale light groups and water lanterns with Lingnan characteristics create a colorful and festive atmosphere. In Xi'an, Shaanxi, this year's Lantern Festival replicated 38 cultural relics treasures in the form of lantern sets, making the cultural relics "live" and "bright". In this way, citizens and tourists can feel the charm of traditional Chinese festivals. In Xiamen, Fujian, tens of thousands of palace lanterns, rattan ball lanterns and lanterns are spread all over the streets and alleys, decorating the city with a fresh breeze, the lanterns swaying, and the joy is full of joy.
The flower market welcomes the New Year in a grand scene. In the largest flower market in the country, Dounan Flower Market in Kunming, Yunnan, in recent days, millions of New Year flowers are sent to all parts of the country every day. Careful merchants put in insulation cotton and insulation bags on the flowers. Even if they are sent to the cold north, they are still in bud and blooming at home. In Nanning, Guangxi, the forsythia market is full of fragrance, with the phalaenopsis orchids that symbolize happiness and auspicious kumquats. Dozens of varieties of flowers blooming in bloom. People either bring their favorite New Year flowers home or send them to their relatives and friends.
