Chinanews.com, Guangzhou, February 20th. Title: Hong Kong and Macau Youth Bay Area meets new knowledge and stays in Guangzhou to learn to make dumplings and taste food
Author Fang Weibin Wang Jian
"I left Hong Kong to work in the Mainland after the Spring Festival last year. I have never returned to Hong Kong. This is my first Chinese New Year in the Mainland," Hong Yixi, a young man from Hong Kong, told reporters.
In recent years, more and more young people from Hong Kong and Macao have chosen to choose their jobs in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. Nansha, Guangzhou has become one of the most popular employment destinations for Hong Kong and Macao youths, affected by the new crown pneumonia epidemic, and the government encourages local Chinese New Year. Hong Kong and Macao staying in Nansha to celebrate the New Year this year There are many young people, and they all have different ways of celebrating this Spring Festival.
Learn to make dumplings in the Bay Area
Hong Yixi, a young man from Hong Kong, is a first-level commissioner of the Guangzhou Nansha Industrial Park Administration. After working in Nansha, he met many friends. This year, he spent a new year with his neighbors and friends from the north during the Spring Festival.
"After eating New Year's Eve dinner on New Year's Eve, I have to make dumplings at 12 o'clock in the evening. I have never experienced it before, and this is the first time I have learned how to make dumplings," said Hong Yixi.
Many of the Spring Festival this year made him unforgettable for the first time. Although he was not able to spend time with his family, his friends were all around him. It was also very lively for everyone to make dumplings and chat about the family.
Hong Yixi said that after working in Nansha, he made many friends and learned about different regional cultures. Everyone responded to the call to celebrate the New Year on the spot. Now the means of communication are also convenient. See you on the cloud with your family during the Spring Festival and wish each other peace. .
In addition to the party and rest, Hong Yixi also returned to the project site on the fifth day of the 16th Lunar New Year.
At present, Hong Yixi’s work in Nansha is mainly centered on the construction project of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou). This project is the first Mainland and Hong Kong cooperative education institution approved since the release of the "Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Development Plan". .
He introduced that this project will be completed next year and school will start in September. Although the construction period is tight, everything is proceeding in an orderly manner. The duty on the 16th is mainly to make preparations for the resumption of work.
Watch the Spring Festival Gala, enjoy the fireworks tour, and taste delicious food
During the Spring Festival, Hong Yixi was impressed by the brilliant fireworks. "Hong Kong fireworks display was held in Victoria Harbour on the second night of the Lunar New Year. There are fireworks display points in Nansha, and people are setting them off on New Year's Day. It is a festive atmosphere."
In addition to watching fireworks, Hong Kong and Macao youth watching the Spring Festival Gala have become a new activity.
The parents of Macau youth Liu Yanxin came to Nansha specially from Macau to spend the Spring Festival with him. This is also the first time that Liu Yanxin celebrated the Spring Festival in the Mainland. The content of the Spring Festival Gala also allowed him to learn more about the cultural characteristics of other places.
Liu Yanxin said: "When I arrived in the mainland, I found that watching the Spring Festival Gala has become one of the indispensable programs for the Spring Festival. The cross talk and folk dances in the Spring Festival Gala made me learn more about the regional culture, and especially designed programs suitable for our younger generation to watch."
During the Spring Festival, Liu Yanxin also led his parents to visit Yangcheng, Guangdong Provincial Museum, Guangdong Provincial Sun Yat-sen Library, Xinghai Concert Hall, Guangdong Art Museum, Canton Tower, Pearl River Red Boat, Guangzhou Opera House, Guangzhou Chen Family Ancestral Hall, Yang Cao’an Former Residence and The memorial hall for the site of the third party of the Communist Party of China and the tourist attractions one after another made him understand Guangzhou better.
At the same time, during the festival, Guangzhou, which has a strong "eating" culture, has also become a popular show for young people from Hong Kong and Macao staying in Guangzhou.
"Our young people from Hong Kong and Macao who are working in Guangzhou also meet to check in on the Internet celebrity delicacies during the Spring Festival and taste the specialties," Liu Yanxin said.
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