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How Hainanese Am I? What’s in My Hainanese New Year Basket?
This time, Alex — Hainan International Tourism Promotion Ambassador —heads to Puqian, Wenchang to shop for New Year goodies. From festive snacks to local specialties, what makes it into his Hainanese New Year basket? Let’s see how he prepares for the Spring Festival — Hainan style!
09:19,15-February-2026
My Chinese New Year: Experience a Different Side of Spring Festival with Alina
Alina, from Belarus, spent her second Spring Festival in Hainan. She followed singing into Haikou’s Qilou Historical and Cultural Quarter and was invited by local grandmothers to make dumplings — learning on the spot, earning a perfect score. She thought of her late grandparents: “Being with these grandmothers today felt so warm.” That afternoon, she learned to fold dumplings and paste Fu characters. She summed up Chinese New Year in three words: family, joy, good food — and said she’d recommend every foreign friend to experience it.
09:19,15-February-2026
Albina is celebrating her 10th Spring Festival in Hainan.
Once just a visitor, she now moves through Qilou Historical and Cultural Quarter like a local—gathering Hainan sausages, niangao, dried seafood, cat ear snacks, and coconut candy. She knows what “Nian Nian You Yu” means. She knows the chili here actually brings the heat. And as she tosses brown sugar cake into her basket, she says, “My family will love these.” Ten years in, she now naturally says “we Hainanese.” This year, from a street draped in red lanterns, she sends out blessings in Russian and Chinese, no translation needed.
09:19,15-February-2026
How Hainanese am I? Spring Festival Quiz!
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Travel Through Time with 70 Years of Hainan CNY Photos
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