The Hubei Media Group released a video: The Chinese Circle in the Spring Festival
Recently, Hubei Media Group released a short video about the Spring Festival in the Yangtze River Basin: The Chinese Circle in the Spring Festival.
The Spring Festival, one of the most grand and distinctive traditional festivals in China, was officially inscribed on UNESCO's Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity on December 4, 2024. The Chinese Lunar New Year begins with the Spring Festival, and the festival kicks off with a family reunion dinner on New Year's Eve. This year is the Year of the Snake according to the lunar calendar. On New Year's Eve, a greedy snake, enticed by the aroma of the reunion dinner, travels through 13 provinces along the Yangtze River, tasting dishes that showcase the rich Yangtze River culture.
Each dish on the Spring Festival reunion dinner table carries a beautiful blessing. By eating the dish, the blessing will accompany the person throughout the year. Which one is its favorite? And which one will you fall in love with? Click to learn more → https://hbfb.xyplat.cn/2501v1/index.html
https://youtu.be/TKTLYo32kvU?si=qn02aCVMz8eC20if
About Hubei Media Group
Hubei Media Group, approved by the National Radio and Television Administration as the first national-level radio, film and television media base in Central China, integrates radio, film, television, new media businesses, and industries. It features a strategic layout that includes smart broadcasting, integrated sharing, and the 5G+4K+AI integration. Hubei Radio and Television Station manages 8 TV channels, 7 radio frequencies, 13 affiliated institutions, and 17 municipal and state-level new media journalism stations. It also has 25 companies that are wholly owned, controlled, or affiliated, employing a total of 16,000 people and boasting total assets of 28.5 billion RMB. The Tortoise Mountain TV Tower, funded and built by Hubei Radio and Television Station, spans a total area of 405,400 square meters. It features a 203.5-meter-high, 40-story tower, along with an 11-story annex building with supporting facilities that reaches 64.5 meters in height.
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