Does Singapore celebrate the Spring Festival?

Just after the New Year, all the streets and business districts in Singapore have removed their Christmas decorations and put on traditional Chinese New Year clothes from China. Red lanterns of all sizes are hung high, and New Year pictures are full of joy. Chinatown, a traditional settlement in China, is also dressed in festive costumes. The commercial center is full of new year's goods, and people who buy new year's goods are in an endless stream. There are also traditional New Year songs playing in the mall, which is very lively.

The Spring Festival market is the most popular. The four gentlemen, daffodils and rich bamboo in Lan Ju, Zhu Mei are all popular commodities. I hope they can bring blessings and good luck to themselves and rise steadily. In the lobby downstairs of the reporter's apartment, there is also a pot of plum blossoms (fake), which makes people feel the breath of "spring" in the high temperature of 32 degrees and see the bright future of the coming year. Singapore will also issue a set of two year of the snake stamps on 12.

Singapore's activities to celebrate the Spring Festival can be described as colorful.

The annual "Spring Arrives at the Riverside to Welcome the New Year" held in beautiful marina bay has always been the highlight of the New Year in China. Although "Spring Arrives at the Riverside to Welcome the New Year 200 1" will be held from June 19 to the 28th of this month, the venue layout, night market and lighting will remain until the Lantern Festival.

Preparations for "Spring Arrives at the Riverside to Welcome the New Year" in year of the snake began in early February last year.

Welcome theme arch has been designed and is under construction. The highest point of the arch is 4 degrees. 5 meters. In order to highlight the theme of year of the snake, the organizing committee racked its brains to design the shape of the snake. Snakes are too small to be like bugs, but they are very realistic, for fear of scaring children. Finally, I chose a cartoon snake with a nice face.

The stage of this program is very clever. It is a replica ship about 25 meters long, and the background picture is the old riverside of Singapore, which is reminiscent of the history of Singapore's port opening.

There are also two highlights in the venue, one is a giant "snake chess" game map half the size of a basketball court, and the other is a fence about 30 meters long, with the story of "Legend of the White Snake" painted on it.

The theme of this year's "Spring Coming to the Riverside to Welcome the Spring Festival" is that the whole family will welcome the Spring Festival together, so that all men, women and children and people of all ethnic groups can eat happily, laugh happily and eat satisfactorily.

Carrying forward the traditional culture of China has always been the theme of "Spring Arrives at the Riverside to Welcome the New Year". This year, the focus is on China's ethnic minority areas-Guizhou Province. Professional performance groups from Guizhou Province will perform songs and dances of nine ethnic minorities, including Miao and Buyi. Guizhou chefs will also make special snacks on the spot, and artists from Guizhou and Yunnan provinces will also demonstrate how to make exquisite handicrafts on the spot. Singaporeans have been waiting for this for a long time.

Besides the topic of Guizhou, there are other colorful activities. There are performances by Singaporeans, Malaysians and Taiwan Province Province of China, activities such as "12 Zodiac Song Fighting Competition", wall climbing for beginners and players, skateboarding performances, street football matches, amusement parks and solve riddles on the lanterns activities. In addition, fireworks will be set off on New Year's Eve 12.

Singaporeans and Malaysians spend the Spring Festival almost the same. Because Singapore is small, there is no problem of buying tickets to go home in advance. No matter how far it is, you can get home in an hour, and you can't miss the opportunity to reunite with your parents. In addition, fireworks and firecrackers are prohibited in Malaysia and Singapore. Shops in Singapore and Malaysia are closed on the first and second days of the Spring Festival. It's not like Christmas.

Singaporeans in China celebrate the New Year just like people in China. It's true. Just after the New Year, people began to buy new year's goods and new clothes, especially all kinds of red clothes, for good luck. Clean the house before the Spring Festival and spend the coming year quietly. On New Year's Eve, families have a reunion dinner together, and many people eat hot pot. As firecrackers are prohibited in Singapore (offenders are fined 10000 Singapore dollars, 1 Singapore dollars is equal to 4. 8 yuan RMB), people still have to use substitutes, of course, I don't think it is enough. Pay New Year greetings to relatives and friends on New Year's Day. You don't have to carry a big pocket and a small pocket to pay a New Year call. You just need to bring two oranges into the door and hold them to your host as a symbol of good luck. When the guests leave, the host will also give back two oranges. Every family also prepares or buys egg rolls and biscuits, as well as peanuts and melon seeds for the Chinese New Year. In addition, adults should also prepare red envelopes to give their children and children from other families lucky money. Like China, children have long been looking forward to the Spring Festival. In addition, people go out to pay New Year's greetings on New Year's Day and stay at home the next day. Usually people will invite a lion dance team composed of students to perform at home. When gongs and drums ring and the lion dances, it will drive away bad luck and usher in good luck.

Singapore has two days off during the Spring Festival and four days off on weekends, so many people plan to travel abroad. (Xinhua News Agency)