Source: Taiwan Straits Network
February 10 (Taiwan Straits Herald reporter Zeng Yixuanwen / photo) Spring Festival flowers dress up the square streets, and zhang lanterns and colors greet the Spring Festival of the Year of the Tiger. Every household sticks spring lanterns, wraps spring rolls, buys new year flowers and lilies, watches tigers in zoos with "tiger" gas, invites family and friends to punch in the Jiufeng Mountain Trail for hiking and leisure... Fukumi Nanping, Tiger Roar Fulai.
Back in yanping district of Nanping City, although the Spring Festival rain and cold air are continuous, this small mountain town welcomes the New Year of the Tiger with a strong flavor everywhere.
The Year of the Tiger draws the tiger with good wishes
As two tiger people born in the "Year of the Tiger", the Herald reporter and his cousin Qi Qi, who is in elementary school, painted the tiger and made a wish together, which became a "different" way for the whole family to celebrate the New Year of the Tiger this year.
Spreading out the drawing board and sitting on the small bench, the reporter and cousin chattered about the "tiger image" they wanted to paint, and the two agreed that through the decoration of this tiger and the mascot, the family's wish for the Year of the Tiger was pinned. Although I have not taken a paintbrush for many years, it may be because of the strong sense of festival ceremony brought by the "Year of the Tiger Painting Tiger Celebrating the New Year", which prompted the Herald reporter to be eager to try.
The Herald reporter first used a pencil to draw the general shape of the tiger, and then sketched it with a black pen. The younger sister painted copper coins and gold dollars and carefully colored the paintings. She also wrote the words "Tiger Tiger Shengwei" with childish brushstrokes to express the common wish of the whole family for the Year of the Tiger.
This painting of the Year of the Tiger, which was completed by two people, looks simple, but it carries the simple New Year's wishes of the whole family, especially the two tiger people. The younger sister also confessed that it is of great significance to paint tigers with her sister, and the family affection overflows the picture.
Year of the Tiger To see the tiger zoo stained with "tiger gas"
Although the spring festival this year is raining, many Yanping citizens still bring their families to the Lion and Tiger Park of Jiufeng Mountain Zoo to see tigers. In the eyes of many citizens, "going to the zoo to see the tiger in the Year of the Tiger" has become a "sense of ceremony" activity for the New Year of the Tiger.
Jiufengshan Zoo has a total of 7 Siberian tigers, all of which are family. During the Spring Festival, here ushered in the tiger watching fever, tigers have become the "star" of the zoo, many citizens and tourists hope to come to see the tiger, suck in the "blessing", dip the "tiger" gas, the New Year to get a good color.
In the Lion and Tiger Park, some tigers stroll idly in cages, some lie down to rest, and some sometimes lean over and yawn, sometimes scratching their backs. "Hello, Big Tiger, we're coming to see you in the Year of the Tiger!" Many children who came to watch the tiger have "said hello" to the big tiger, and some tourists also picked up the baby and "took a group photo" with the tiger.
In order to welcome the boom of watching the tiger in the Year of the Tiger and give visitors a better tiger viewing experience, the Jiufeng Mountain Zoo also hung red Decorations for the Year of the Tiger, creating a strong flavor of the Year of the Tiger.
Welcome to the Spring Festival Yanping Flower Market
Yanping is the home of Chinese lilies, and there are many lily planting bases here. Yanping's lilies have the characteristics of large flower buds and long flowering periods, so a large number of florists come here every year to buy lilies. Lilies are usually listed in early November, and the Spring Festival is the golden period for sale. For many Yanping people, buying a few lilies at the florist during the New Year, there is a fragrance all over the house, which is also an indispensable sense of New Year's ceremony.
In addition to lilies, in some flower shops in Yanping, during the Spring Festival, the "New Year Flower" is also quite popular with citizens and friends. Many citizens will choose to buy red Phalaenopsis orchids, silver willows and other New Year flowers, these flowers not only have the meaning of auspiciousness and prosperity, but also the red petals are a good reflection of the festive atmosphere of the Chinese New Year, so the red and pink bouquets of various flower shops are particularly hot.
In addition, some florists in Yanping have also launched private customized activities to match various bouquet flower baskets for guests according to the needs of flower buyers, and some florists have also launched New Year home decoration services to provide guests with New Year activities to design and decorate their homes.
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