Lanzhou, February 17 (Wang Muyu) During the Spring Festival, people who have been nervous for a year in the mode of study and work take advantage of the rare long vacation to enter the "leisure mode" and feel the unique cultural atmosphere.
Du Ruoxue, who works in Beijing, came to her grandmother's house in Lanzhou on the first day of the Lunar New Year, and for several days, her life began with a bowl of steaming beef noodles every morning. After warming her stomach, she and her family went out to watch the social fire and visit the lantern festival, and the strong New Year's flavor made her feel the warmth and cordiality that she had not seen for a long time.
Before I went to elementary school, I had been at my grandmother's house, and when I went to Lanzhou for the New Year, in addition to relieving the pressure of a year's work, I wanted to feel the flavor of the New Year in my childhood memories again. Du Ruoxue said that when she was a child, she often went to Zhengning Road Night Market and Baita Mountain, and she would ask three or five friends to go shopping again, and she would also check in Lanzhou's special delicacies milk egg mash and hot winter fruit.
During the Spring Festival in 2024, people will visit the "Yellow River Market". Photo by Wang Muyu.
As a landmark scenic spot in Lanzhou, Zhongshan Bridge has always been a check-in place for citizens and tourists. During the Spring Festival this year, the unique "Yellow River Market" on the north side of the bridge made the Zhongshan Bridge crowds of tourists surging and endless.
The "Yellow River Market" opened on February 2, inviting many entrepreneurial youth, intangible cultural heritage creators and other people to participate in it, and the market has more than 150 booths, covering intangible cultural heritage display, cultural and creative product sales, Lanzhou native products, special snacks and other content.
During the Spring Festival in 2024, Yan Qing, an international student from Sudan, experienced the Chinese New Year at the "Yellow River Market" in Lanzhou. Photo courtesy of the interviewee.
The Chinese New Year is so interesting, and the Chinese characteristics that are not common on weekdays are displayed in these days, and they can't be seen. Yan Qing, an international student at Lanzhou University who was visiting the "Yellow River Market", told reporters that this was her first Spring Festival in China, and on Chinese New Year's Eve, she and Sudanese friends ordered dumplings to take out and watch the Spring Festival Gala together.
Martin, an international student from Congo (Brazzaville), has spent his third Spring Festival in Lanzhou this year. He said, "In the past few Spring Festivals, I have been shopping with my friends, and this year my father also came to Lanzhou to spend a 'reunion year' with me."
During the Spring Festival in 2024, Martin (left), an international student from Congo (Brazzaville), took his father (right) to eat hot pot in Lanzhou. Photo courtesy of the interviewee.
During the Spring Festival, Martin "arranged" for his father to eat hot pot together and went to Zhongshan Bridge and other places. Martin said that his father's favorite is Chinese hot pot, which he said was a fun way to eat. Martin also took his dad to visit museums in Lanzhou that were open on several holidays.
On February 16, 2024, tourists experience "carving gourds" at the Lanzhou Museum. Photo by Wang Muyu.
Celebrating the New Year in the museum has become a New Year's custom for people to celebrate the Spring Festival. During the Spring Festival, not only the Gansu Provincial Museum and the Gansu Bamboo Slips Museum are very popular, but also the Lanzhou Museum, Lanzhou Qinxiang Museum, Lanzhou Painted Pottery Museum, Yellow River Bridge Museum and other museums have also welcomed many citizens and tourists. (ENDS).