As the Chinese New Year approaches, Qingyuan is ushering in the new year with the color red. Red, as the main color of the festival, symbolizes festivity, happiness, and prosperity, representing passion, vitality, and hope. The streets and alleys of Qingyuan are filled with a rich "red atmosphere of the Chinese New Year."
Enthusiastic songs and dances herald Chinese New Year
Two children take a big-smile photo at the Shua Ge Tang site. (Photo: Hua Zixuan)
The Yao ethnic group's Shua Ge Tang, which is among the first batch of national intangible cultural heritages, is a folk cultural activity passed down through generations among the Pai Yao people (also known as Ba Pai Yao) in Liannan Yao Autonomous County, Qingyuan. With colorful costumes, melodious songs, and passionate dance steps, every household in the village gathers to celebrate the Chinese New Year.
Thousand-people long drum dance. (Photo: Qingyuan Municipal People's Government)
Red vegetation adorns the Chinese New Year
In winter, the metasequoia on the south bank of the Beijiang River in Qingyuan adds a touch of red to every corner of the park. The reddish Chinese tallow tree leaves in Chengxi Village, Sanjiang Town, Liannan Yao Autonomous County, also add brilliant colors to Qingyuan's New Year. In the wetland parks of Yingde City, large areas of vegetation are also dressed in red. The maple leaves in Xiaobo Village, Futang Town, Lianshan Zhuang and Yao Autonomous County also keep up with the pace of the new spring and put on new clothes.
Tourists take photos against the backdrop of metasequoia in the South Bank Park of Beijiang River. (Photo: Hua Zixuan)
On January 11, a large crowd of people gather under the metasequoia trees in the South Bank Park of Qingyuan. (Photo: Wu Ming)
Red Chinese tallow is in full bloom in Chengxi Village, Sanjiang Town. (Photo: Luo Liang'an)
Large areas of red vegetation in a wetland park of Yingde City. (Photo: He Shurong)
The maple leaves in Xiaobo Village, Futang Town, Lianshan Zhuang and Yao Autonomous County have turned red. (Photo: Luo Min)
Editor | He Zhen (Intern), Liu Lingzhi, James, Shen He, Zhang Ying
