Hong Kong people: the gloom of the epidemic is gradually dissipating believe that the Year of the Rabbit will get better and better

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“It’s been three years, but this year we can finally have a peaceful New Year.” As the Chinese New Year approached, several Hong Kong people said in an interview with China News Agency that they had “forgotten what it was like to celebrate New Year before the epidemic. Now, with the gradual control of the epidemic, the orderly “customs clearance” with the mainland, coupled with the resumption of many large-scale Chinese New Year activities, Hong Kong people’s familiar taste of New Year has finally returned.

The picture shows the colorful New Year flowers to attract the public to buy.

At the time of the interview, Mr. Wang had just returned from the New Year’s Eve flower market. He showed the reporter the “spoils” in his shopping cart: there were New Year’s oranges that meant “great luck”, red-hearted phalaenopsis orchids that represented “good luck”, and a few branches that meant The “great prospects” of the peach blossoms. “Spring Festival some flowers, not only to curry good luck, but also seems to have vitality at home. It’s always a good idea to have some new weather for the New Year.”

The New Year’s Eve dinner is the highlight of many families. Mr. Wang this year to purchase a wealth of ingredients, there are beef, chicken, seafood, etc., but also from the restaurant to order a full portion of the “basin dish”. He said with a smile, he is ready to go home to put down the flowers and then buy some fresh fruits and vegetables. The daughter’s family just returned from abroad a few days ago, three years without spending New Year’s Eve together, the little grandson has grown much taller, they can barely hold it. This year’s New Year’s Eve must be prepared for a sumptuous reunion dinner, the family lively.

For Hong Kong and Shenzhen cross-border schoolchildren family parents Ms. Chu, this year’s New Year’s mood is also different from last year. Because the child will start school after the year, she decided to stay in Hong Kong this year, with two other cross-border schoolchildren families to spend the New Year. Of the three families, Ms. Chu’s hometown is in the northeast and the other two moms are from Hubei. “We three families are prepared to each family to come up with a few dishes, to put together a table of the New Year’s reunion dinner combined with the North and South.” Ms. Chu told reporters that they prepared the northeast fungus, ground three fresh and dried bean curd sent from their hometown, hoping to let them taste the authentic northeast flavor.

“The past almost three years of the epidemic is not easy for everyone.” Ms. Chu said. The new year, she hopes that the Luohu port early “clearance”, they and their children can return home to the mainland at any time to see the elderly, but also hope that the family is safe and healthy.

January 19, Hong Kong Golden Bauhinia Square, “always blooming Bauhinia” bronze sculpture and the surrounding buildings of the New Year’s Eve lights. The Lunar New Year is approaching, and the atmosphere on the streets of Hong Kong is getting stronger.　

Miss Lin lived with her grandparents in Taiwan when she was a child. Grandparents attach great importance to tradition, and the Chinese New Year customs at that time also left Miss Lin with deep childhood memories. In addition to the lively scene of the family firecrackers, every New Year’s Eve must buy new clothes, and not to speak unlucky words, and a sumptuous reunion dinner.

Now living in Hong Kong for many years, she still retains many of her childhood New Year’s Eve habits. In their family’s New Year’s Eve dinner, the ancient morning taste of sesame oil chicken is an essential food on the table. Ms. Lam said that the winter in the south is wet and cold, sesame oil chicken can warm the stomach to drive away the cold. This dish is also a child’s New Year’s grandmother often do, is their own “memory of the taste”.

This year, the active nature of Miss Lin also moved the New Year’s trip “to” the outdoors. She intends to reunion dinner with her family to visit the New Year’s Eve market, but also ready to get up early on the first day of the New Year “hiking” to meet the first rays of sunshine. “The epidemic has really affected people’s lives and moods in the past few years, but now that the epidemic haze is fading, I believe the Year of the Rabbit will get better and better.” (End)