Chinese New Year in Hainan: Alex celebrates Chinese New Year With the Miao in Wuzhishan

By / HIMC / Updated: 13:24,22-January-2023

Editor's notes:

“Of all the festivals, the Lunar New Year comes first”, or so the ancient Chinese saying goes. As the grandest of the Chinese traditional festivals and the start of the Lunar New Year in China, Spring Festival is a time for gathering with family and the carrying out of ancient customs, bringing not only an air of ceremony to the festive period, but also hope and blessings for the year ahead. To celebrate the arrival of the Year of the Rabbit, Hainan International Media Center (HIMC) has produced “Chinese New Year in Hainan”, a series of bilingual programs that sees HIMC’s overseas communications officers traveling to different parts of Hainan to experience local festival traditions, try local festival flavors and immerse themselves in the local festival atmosphere.

In this episode, Alex, from Russia, visits a village of the Miao ethnicity in Wuzhishan City in China’s southern province of Hainan. Despite being in China for more than five years, it is the first time that he has taken part in a Chinese New Year gathering and party in the Chinese countryside. At the festivities, he meets many kindly villagers, experiences some charming ethnic customs, and witnesses a variety of intangible cultural heritage and Chinese New Year customs. Check out the video and experience the lively atmosphere of the Hainan Miao people celebrating Chinese New Year with Alex!

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