CCTV News (News Network): A blessing of thousands of families, a beautiful Chinese New Year. General Secretary Xi Jinping said that celebrating the Spring Festival well means a good start to the new year. Every household lives a happy life, and is a beautiful scenery in the world. We must work together to make this beautiful scenery more and more beautiful. This Spring Festival, the land of China is decorated with lights and joy. People feel the strong New Year atmosphere in the warm and peaceful festive atmosphere, share the achievements of the country's development, and jointly wish the great motherland a prosperous and prosperous country.

On New Year's Eve, the lights are bright and flowing.

In Xi'an, Shaanxi, the city wall lantern festival beautifies the night sky. This year, the lantern festival focuses on five major cultural main lines including Tang poetry, zodiac signs, and New Year Festival. Citizens and tourists are intoxicated and linger. At night, the snow town of Heilongjiang is covered in silver and crowded with people. The fiery red lanterns, festive yangko, parade floats... let the strong New Year atmosphere come to your face. In Tangshan, Hebei, Dazhou, Sichuan and other places, various colorful lights and large light groups have been renovated, making the city's night colorful. In Fuzhou, Fujian, the light show and firework show are staged brilliantly and beautifully, filling the atmosphere of the festival night.

The Spring Festival is also a time for reunion for thousands of families. From the city to the countryside, family reunites, relatives and friends, and have a steaming New Year’s Eve dinner together, and tastes the memories of the New Year and share the happiness of reunion.

In Chang'an Community, Shenyang, Liaoning, a 100-family banquet was held lively. Residents enjoyed the specialty dishes of each family while enjoying the specialty programs.

During the festival, the singing and laughing in Siyi Village, Xianning, Hubei Province. In the happy canteen in the village, the dining table was full, and the villagers gathered together. In 2024, the vegetable planting industry in Siyi Village will flourish, and everyone is full of hope for the new year.

On New Year's Eve, at the resettlement site of Remuqing Village, Quluo Township, Dingri County, Tibet, every household posted the word "Fu" and hung it on the Chinese knot. The masses at the resettlement site and the village cadres made dumplings and made traditional Tibetan food together.

In Jiecuo Village, Niha Township, people in festive costumes jumped up to Guozhuang to welcome the arrival of the New Year.

This year's Spring Festival is the first Spring Festival after the successful application for World Heritage. On the first day of the Lunar New Year, people visit temple fairs, taste folk customs, and experience the charm of traditional culture.

On January 29, the popularity of the Ditan Temple Fair in Beijing was high. The New Year’s goods collection at the temple fair further highlights intangible cultural heritage elements and folk culture. During the Spring Festival, Beijing will hold 24 large-scale temple fairs, lantern festivals and garden parties to meet the diversified needs of citizens and tourists for the festival. In the ancient town of Jiandemeicheng, Zhejiang, with a history of nearly 1,800 years, there is a festive atmosphere everywhere. Folk performances such as carp dancing lanterns and dragon dancing lanterns were performed one after another, with a full atmosphere of the New Year. In Kaifeng, Henan, experience projects such as sugar painting, sugar man, pyrography, and Bian embroidery have attracted tourists. In Rizhao, Shandong, the ancient city of Ju County is very lively. Intangible cultural heritage market is set up in the local area, and lion dance and dragon dance exhibitions are also prepared for tourists. Everyone sang and danced to celebrate the New Year of the Year of the Snake together.

In Changde, Hunan, the 1.5-kilometer-long characteristic ancient street, Hejie, has endless streams of citizens and tourists. People taste intangible cultural heritage food here, listen to the strings of Changde, and feel the ancient charm.

The first day of the Year of the Snake in Yi Si, many families also choose to climb high and visit the park. In Yunyang, Chongqing, tens of thousands of citizens and tourists climbed the ladder to welcome the spring and pray for blessings. At the Huqiu Scenic Area in Suzhou, Jiangsu, a unique New Year of the Snake Spring Festival garden tour began in full swing. Various special folk activities were staged wonderfully, creating a New Year feast full of cultural charm for citizens and tourists.

During the Spring Festival, in the military camps across the country, a series of military celebrations were held enthusiastically and lively. Dragon and lion dance, art performance, snow sculpture exhibition... a series of special cultural activities have infused military spirits, gathered soldiers and boosted morale, injected a different vitality and warmth into this Spring Festival.

On New Year's Eve, the Victoria Harbour in Hong Kong was dazzling under the illumination of colorful lanterns. Koi and goldfish jumped on the water, which meant that there was surplus every year. The streets and alleys are decorated with colorful lanterns and peach blossoms and New Year oranges, and are full of a peaceful and joyful atmosphere.

Today, the Tourism Bureau of the Macau SAR Government held a community tour of "Happy Spring Festival - 2025 Dragon Ting Dance and Riding New Year". The golden dragon parades and dances with lions. The streets and alleys of Macau are immersed in the festive festive atmosphere, and citizens and tourists take photos and check in.