New Year's Day, Camei welcome the New Year

As the wheels of the years have entered a new chapter, the New Year's Day in 2025 has arrived as promised, bringing the hopes and aspirations of the New Year to the people of the whole country and even the whole world. At this important moment of bidding farewell to the old and ushering in the new, from the south to the north, from the west to the east, various places in China have held colorful celebrations to jointly welcome the New Year full of hope.

In Beijing, Tian 'anmen Square is brightly lit, and the Monument to the People's Heroes is gorgeously decorated with flowers and colorful lights at night. At midnight, as the first ray of the New Year bell rings, thousands of fireworks bloom in the night sky, illuminating everyone's face, but also illuminating the New Year's dreams and hopes. Citizens gather here to count down together and welcome the arrival of 2025 with the most sincere wishes.

In the meantime, celebrations are still plentiful everywhere. Cultural and tourism markets are thriving, and many people choose to take a short walk around the area on this day to feel the beauty of nature or experience the local customs. Major tourist attractions, popular business areas and landmark attractions, people have come out of the house to enjoy the joy of the holiday. Some places also hold a variety of folk performances, lantern fairs and other activities, so that people fully appreciate the charm of traditional culture, a variety of folk opera, tour of the fire and other immersive performances staged in turn, there are different shapes of lights dressed up the city is particularly festive, ancient buildings in the bright light of beautiful, in addition, Traditional intangible cultural heritage display projects such as paper cutting, pyrography, iron plate relief, etc., have also appeared, providing a cultural feast for citizens and tourists.

In order to ensure that people can enjoy the festival in a safe and peaceful atmosphere, the public security organs all over the country are mobilized and go all out. We strengthened the overall prevention and control of social gatherings, invested a large number of police and mass prevention and control forces, and comprehensively strengthened patrols and prevention and control in key areas and crowded places, effectively maintaining good public security order. Local traffic management departments also arrange police forces reasonably and strengthen the dredging and control of key roads according to the concentration of road traffic during the festival, ensuring the overall smooth and orderly road traffic.

Chinese people in foreign countries also celebrate New Year's Day in various ways. Chinatowns in many countries around the world, such as the Chinatowns in San Francisco, New York, Chicago and other places, will hold grand celebrations during New Year's Day. San Francisco Chinatown will have a lively parade, people dressed in festive costumes, performing lion dance, dragon dance and other traditional shows, as well as cultural exhibitions, street food festivals and other activities, attracting many local residents and tourists to watch and participate.