China News Service, Beijing, February 15 (Li Xiang) China Overseas Chinese Network held a live broadcast on the evening of the 14th with the theme of "How to celebrate the Spring Festival overseas, celebrate the Lantern Festival, and watch the Winter Olympics". Overseas Chinese in Thailand shared their stories of celebrating the Spring Festival and the Winter Olympics with reporters from China News Agency.

　　"In Yokohama, Japan, during the Spring Festival, local overseas Chinese will hang lanterns, buy Spring Festival couplets and post blessing characters in Chinatown. This year because of the epidemic, everyone is still in a 'home' state. I cooked one at home on New Year's Eve. Especially spicy hot pot indicates that the coming year will be booming." Fu Yumeng, an overseas information blogger living in Japan, told reporters.

　　Fu Yumeng said that the new year will end soon. In Japanese customs, people like to pray for blessings when they leave the old and welcome the new, which indicates good luck in the coming year.

As a Chinese overseas, I also eat a bowl of glutinous rice balls on the day of the Lantern Festival, hoping that with the arrival of the Year of the Tiger, everything will be successful.

　　This is the third time for Wang Simi, who lives in Los Angeles, to celebrate the Spring Festival overseas.

He said that this year is his birth year, so he bought a lot of red clothes in supermarkets in the United States.

"The funny thing is, on the first day of the new year, when I put on the red clothes, my phone fell into the water," he said. "When I went swimming the next day, the underwater camera also broke."

　　"There is a saying in China that people who celebrate the new year should not be angry, because the old will not go away and the new will not come. This indicates that in the new year, everything will be completely new!" Wang Simu said humorously.

　　Han Bing from Thailand studied in China.

As a Chinese, he has a strong interest in Chinese culture. After returning to Thailand, he also engaged in promoting Chinese culture.

He said: "My grandfather is from Wenchang, Hainan, China, and I live in Chaiyapon province in northeastern Thailand. Because many Chinese of Hainanese live here, there are many customs from Hainan during Chinese New Year, such as the Spring Festival. During the period, eat Hainanese chicken rice, white chopped chicken, chicken oil rice, etc."

　　Han Bing said humorously: "During the Spring Festival, we will also visit our door to pay New Year's greetings, and the food is exactly the same in any restaurant. Although the taste is monotonous, there is a strong Spring Festival atmosphere and recognition of our own food culture."

　　During the Lunar New Year in 2022, which coincides with the Winter Olympics held in Beijing, the three Chinese living overseas also shared their experience of watching the Winter Olympics.

　　Fu Yumeng said: "Six months ago, Japan held the Tokyo Olympics, so the Olympics are still hot. At this Beijing Winter Olympics, Japanese netizens are always paying attention to the performance of their (national) team members, among them figure skater Yuyu Hanyu. String is the most concerned player. In addition, the most famous in Japan is the mascot of the Beijing Winter Olympics, 'Bing Dun', and Nippon TV reporter Tsujioka Yoshito also became popular in Japan because of his love for 'Bing Dun'. I asked a lot of Japanese friends and they said 'bing dung dun' is really cute!" Fu Yumeng said.

　　Wang Simian said: "As a Beijinger, I was very moved to see the Olympic Games held in my hometown in the United States, especially when I saw the footage of the Shougang Grand Jumping Platform, I felt that the venue was very beautiful, and I was extremely proud! When I was overseas, I really felt that only China was strong. Now, our backs are straight."

　　Han Bing told reporters: "The day before the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics, Thailand's TV station broadcast the opening ceremony of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games again, because everyone was impressed by the opening ceremony directed by Zhang Yimou, and they were very impressed with the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics. Looking forward to the opening ceremony.”

　　"On the opening day of the Beijing Winter Olympics, a friend of mine was at the opening ceremony. He sent me a picture of the Thai team entering the stadium, and I was very excited." Han Bing said.

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