China News Service, Hong Kong, February 4th: (New Year’s News) Hong Kong New Year’s Eve market opens and citizens welcome the New Year happily
China News Service reporter Dai Xiaolu
The Spring Festival is approaching, and every household is increasingly enthusiastic about buying new year goods and flowers. The most lively place right now is the New Year's Eve market. Starting from February 4, the Lunar New Year Fair will be held at 15 locations in Hong Kong for seven consecutive days. In various New Year's Eve markets, cries and laughter can be heard one after another, filled with a festive and auspicious atmosphere, and a strong New Year flavor hits our faces.
Starting from February 4, the Lunar New Year Fair will be held at 15 locations in Hong Kong for seven consecutive days. The picture shows citizens buying flowers at the New Year's Eve market. Photo by China News Service reporter Dai Xiaolu
Sweet and sour candied haws, silly cartoon dolls, fragrant phalaenopsis, and cheerful costumes for the Year of the Dragon... The atmosphere of the Spring Festival is already full at the Victoria Park (Victoria Park) New Year's Eve Market, Hong Kong's largest, with various stalls The front was full of citizens purchasing new year’s goods.
The reporter saw at the scene that flower stalls were lined up along the entrance of Victoria Park Tin Hau Station, with flowers of all colors blooming. Citizens were choosing their favorite New Year flowers at different stalls, paying attention to the color, variety and meaning. , and then took home the "big exhibition of peaches" and "big oranges and profits" with great satisfaction. "The Chinese New Year is coming soon, so I bought a few pots of kumquats to decorate my room. My wife is pregnant this year, so the resulting plants have better meanings and are also festive." said Mr. Li, a citizen who was carefully selecting flowers.
Citizens choose their favorite New Year flowers at the New Year's Eve market stalls. Photo by China News Service reporter Dai Xiaolu
As evening approaches, there are still dozens of customers queuing in front of the Zhixian Garden New Year Flowers stall. The stall owner Xu Zhixian is busy filling pots on site to provide customers with personalized on-site customization services. "This is the eighth year that our family has participated in the Victoria Park New Year's Eve Market. The prices are cheap and there are many styles. Many regular customers come to buy them every year. The sales on the first day today are very good."
In addition to selling traditional New Year flowers this year, the Victoria Park New Year's Eve Market also has a number of stalls selling cooked food and dry goods. Citizens gather in twos and threes to shop and eat in front of different stalls, while merchants are busy introducing, packaging, and weighing to customers. Heavy.
New Year products with "dragon" elements are popular in Hong Kong's New Year's Eve market. Photo by China News Service reporter Dai Xiaolu
The reporter noticed that various products containing "dragon" elements became the protagonists of this year's New Year's Eve market, attracting many consumers to buy. "This is a leading stick. I hope Hong Kong citizens can have good luck in the Year of the Dragon." At the corner of the Victoria Park New Year's Eve Market, the "Proprietor Youxi is so colorful" stall run by Hong Kong SAR Legislative Council member Liang Xi is very popular. , Liang Xi, former Chairman of the Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Tsang Yu-shing, and a group of Hong Kong Democratic Alliance for the Advancement of Hong Kong members were introducing the New Year decorations for sale to the public. Tsang Yu-shing also wrote New Year greetings on the spot and gave them to the citizens.
Tsang Yu-shing said that this year is the Year of the Dragon. In Chinese culture, "dragon" is a totem that everyone loves very much. He hopes that in the new year, Hong Kong citizens will be vigorous and vigorous in the Year of the Dragon, all sectors of society will be flying and the Hong Kong economy will gallop forward. , citizens live and work in peace and contentment and stay healthy.
In an interview with a reporter from China News Service, Liang Xi said that he and Wan Chai District Councilor Mu Jiajun had earlier bid for a stall in the New Year Market to sell New Year decorations. He hoped to celebrate the New Year with the general public and also hoped to take this opportunity to communicate with Citizens communicate more. (over)