CCTV News: As the Spring Festival approaches, the New Year atmosphere in various places is getting stronger. The rich and colorful Spring Festival cultural elements allow people to welcome the arrival of the Lunar New Year in a traditional cultural atmosphere.

Watch the lanterns and visit the lantern exhibition Enjoy the beauty of traditional modern collision

Watching lanterns during the Spring Festival is an important traditional custom. In recent days, colorful lanterns have been lit up in various places to welcome the New Year. At the Zhengding Lantern Festival in Shijiazhuang, Hebei, the dragon and phoenix lanterns and the colorful lanterns of the Dream of Red Mansions presented a visual feast to the audience. At the Shanghai Yuyuan Lantern Festival, the giant Lingser Lamp Group and many lantern groups in the Jiuquqiao area are loved by young people. At the Luohe Lantern Festival in Henan, lanterns decorate the night sky on both sides of the Shali River like a dream. Dances, drone performances, etc. allow the audience to feel the wonderful collision between tradition and modernity.

Changchun, Jilin: Rural markets have strong New Year atmosphere, and there are many types of frozen goods in Northeast China

Whether in the north or south, catching large markets is an indispensable sense of ritual during the New Year. At the New Year's goods market in Leshan Town, Changchun, Jilin, eight major sales areas and hundreds of products make it difficult for them to return empty-handed.

Luoyuan, Fujian: "Phoenix Gathering" is lively in the market, festive She villages welcome the New Year

In Luoyuan County, Fuzhou, Fujian, this is one of the largest She ethnic settlements in the country. Every eve of the Spring Festival, She Village will hold a special "Phoenix Gathering" market event. Dozens of special stalls line up, farmhouse honey, Jibi abalone... The special agricultural products produced in various villages and towns in Luoyuan are the New Year's goods that everyone is rushing to buy.

Meishan, Sichuan: Ancient Town Intangible Cultural Heritage Parade Welcomes the New Year happily

On the old street of Hanyang Ancient Town, Qingshen County, Meishan City, a very distinctive New Year Intangible Cultural Heritage Parade is staged here. The actors participating in the parade were dressed in bright clothes and carried grains and specialty agricultural products, which meant a good weather and a bumper harvest in the coming year. At the event site, traditional dragon and lion dance, Sichuan opera face change, Fufu and other activities attracted cheers from the crowd and tourists on the scene, adding a strong cultural atmosphere to the New Year of the Snake.

Suzhou, Jiangsu: Folk custom parade The intangible cultural heritage market has a strong New Year atmosphere

Folk custom parade is the most important New Year custom activity in the Jiangnan area. At the foot of the Lion Mountain in Suzhou, Jiangsu, the local "Shishan Market" is opened, and actors dressed in "Fu Lu and Shou Xi" shuttle around tourists, sending blessings, wealth and good luck.

Wuhai, Inner Mongolia: Ten thousand people run for the Spring Festival and healthy New Year

In Wuhai, Inner Mongolia, local citizens organized to carry out the "magnificent Northern Xinjiang Ice and Snow Carnival" 10,000 people run for the Spring Festival. Tens of thousands of contestants of different ages rushed out of the starting line and challenged the 7-kilometer track. The long winter running team shuttles through the city’s streets and parks, forming a beautiful landscape. In order to increase the fun, a New Year-themed activity of "Collection of Five Blessings and Winning Fathead Fish" was introduced in the winter 10,000 people.

Hebei Guantao: Gathering for a long table banquet and enjoying local food

In the Grain Painting Town of Guantao County, Hebei, a long table banquet was set up to welcome tourists from all directions. The steaming big pot of vegetables and exquisitely shaped intangible cultural heritage flower buns attracted many villagers and tourists to "pick chopsticks". It is understood that the long table banquet lasts from the 20th day of the 12th lunar month to the seventh day of the first lunar month. It will start at 12:00 to 16:00 every day, and can accommodate 500 people to have meals at the same time.