STORY: French expat celebrates Spring Festival with Korean ethnic family in NE China
SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 11, 2024
DATELINE: Feb. 14, 2024
LENGTH: 00:01:49
LOCATION: CHANGCHUN, China
CATEGORY: CULTURE

SHOTLIST:
1. various of people decorating a house
2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): CORENTIN, French expat
3. various of people cooking
4. various of people enjoying a dinner

STORYLINE:

A French expat recently joined a Korean ethnic family in Yanji City, northeast China to celebrate the Chinese New Year together. 

SOUNDBITE (Chinese): CORENTIN, French expat
"Beautiful. Quite impressive. One more, please. Good.
These are woks typical of China's Korean ethnic group. They are heated with firewood. 
You can make some stewed dishes with this one. Just standing here and frying. Quite special, I've never seen this before.
The lady now begins to prepare the dishes. So I come to help. We are now making vegetable pancakes. We need to add flour to vegetables and mix them up. Let me handle this. 
The firewood is burning well. I can start cooking now. This big pot is really handy. It's so lively and joyful for the whole family to cook together. 
So the Chinese New Year dinner with Korean ethnic characteristics is done. It's steaming hot and filled with the warmth of home. 
Happy Chinese New Year!
The whole family gathering around and enjoying the reunion dinner, and welcoming the Chinese New Year, this should be the greatest joy of the Spring Festival."

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Changchun, China.
(XHTV)