On January 28th, the 2024 New Year's Festival and Cultural Tourism Festival of Shimen County was officially opened.
At the site of the New Year's Festival in Baofeng Park, Shimen County, on the stalls lined up in turn, all kinds of traditional New Year's goods are readily available. There are not only bacon, honey, citrus and other Shimen special agricultural products, but also red Spring Festival couplets, lantern hanging festival gifts and cloth shoes, utensils and other handicrafts.
The New Year's Festival is composed of three major sections: "Good Things Welcome Spring" New Year's Goods Collection, "Colorful New Year's Customs" Joy Club, and "Beautiful Journey" All-for-One Tour, which fully meets the material and spiritual cultural needs of the people of Shimen County during the Spring Festival. On the same day, there was an endless stream of citizens who came to purchase New Year's goods, and everyone was carrying the purchased New Year's goods in their hands, and their faces were full of joy.
Citizen Liu Lanying: This year's New Year's Festival is very lively, which meets the (purchase) needs of our county, that is, the bacon and bacon that we buy in the countryside in the county, I still can't do it so well, and the things in the countryside are really good.
In the cultural tourism experience area at the entrance, the teachers of the Shimen County Calligraphers Association splashed ink and gave a pair of auspicious Spring Festival couplets to the citizens who came to watch it for free, sending them New Year's blessings.
Citizen Zou Yanju: I came early today and received a pair of joyful Spring Festival couplets, and I was very happy.Zhang Ziqiang, a member of the Shimen County Calligraphers Association: We write every year, this (writing Spring Festival couplets) is a civilization of thousands of years, we are grounded with the common people (together), and the most down-to-earth activity is this activity.
In the square, a majestic and festive "dragon" danced with the rhythm of **, attracting many citizens to stop and take pictures to commemorate. Men, women and children are immersed in a festive atmosphere to welcome the Year of the Dragon.