[Explanation] On the eve of the Spring Festival of the Gengzi Year, a major public health emergency that has the fastest spread, the widest range of infections, and the most difficult prevention and control has occurred in China since the founding of the People's Republic of China.

Known as the "Throughput of Nine Provinces", Wuhan decisively closed the Lihan Channel to block the disease source from exporting.

In the "darkest moments" of the past, the Yellow Crane Tower, lit up as usual every night, was like a lighthouse, bringing hope to people.

  [Explanation] On January 1, bathed in the dawn of 2021, the reporter stood on the Yellow Crane Tower and leaned on a railing to look out. The Yangtze River was still flowing eastward, and the once quiet city had long been restored to life and vitality.

Many citizens said in interviews that in the new year, they will cherish life more and cherish the time “together” with family and friends.

  [Concurrent] Citizen

  After this epidemic, I cherish the time with my family very much.

  [Concurrent] Citizen

  Now we basically have a Family Day every week. Parents, including children, are under the lap of the two elders. Give them a free time to be together and enjoy the family happiness.

  [Explanation] On that day, many calligraphy lovers from Wuhan also gathered in the Yellow Crane Tower to write their beautiful expectations for the New Year with thick ink.

Qu Zhongmou, vice chairman of the Wuhan Calligraphers Association, wrote his New Year's expectations in front of the Yellow Crane Tower, "The mountains and rivers are safe and the world is safe."

  [Concurrent] Qu Zhongmou, Vice Chairman of Wuhan Calligraphers Association

  We are standing in front of the Yellow Crane Tower. We sincerely look forward to the fact that our yellow cranes will flap our wings. After we restart in Wuhan, the lives of the people of Wuhan will flourish. Let us reinvigorate our team and create the future.

  [Explanation] On the Hankou River Beach, people can see cycling and jogging everywhere.

  [Explanation] The 68-year-old Zhang Wendong came to his fitness park as usual, sprinting, running up the bars, spinning...in one go, he loves the horizontal bars, and what I miss most during the epidemic is this free sports world in Linjiang.

Zhang Wendong said that Wuhan people who have experienced the epidemic have a deeper understanding of life and health.

  [Concurrent] Zhang Wendong, a citizen of Wuhan

  To be alive is to be happy, right? The epidemic suddenly comes and people do not know it, and it will be gone for a few days. Therefore, for those who survive, they feel that they are alive and must cherish the present.

  [Explanation] The Yellow Crane Tower is located at the top of the Wuchang Snake Mountain on the south bank of the Yangtze River in Wuhan, Hubei Province. It has been known as the “first building in the world” since ancient times and is a landmark building in Wuhan.

Looking out from the building, you can have a panoramic view of the three towns of Wuhan.

  Reporter Zou Hao reports from Wuhan, Hubei

Editor in charge: [Fang Jialiang]