STORY: Experience Chinese culture at Spring Festival markets in Myanmar
SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 18, 2025
DATELINE: Jan. 20, 2025
LENGTH: 00:02:18
LOCATION: YANGON, Myanmar
CATEGORY: CULTURE

SHOTLIST:
1. various of markets

STORYLINE:

As Chinese New Year approaches, Chinatown and major shopping malls in Yangon, Myanmar are adorned with vibrant red decorations.
   
Festive markets celebrating the Spring Festival have also been set up at major shopping hubs like Myanmar Plaza and Times City, attracting visitors from all walks of life who are eager to shop and experience Chinese culture.
   
The festive markets display a wide array of goods, including clothing, bags, shoes, food, books, and electronic products, with some items offered at discounted prices.
   
Yangon's most bustling Chinese New Year festive market in the Chinatown has not been held for years. This year, it will be held from Jan. 25 to Jan. 31, with lion and dragon dances, various entertainment programs, children's playgrounds, photo areas, and numerous sales booths.
   
Shops in the Chinatown offer lanterns, red envelopes, traditional Chinese food like Nian Gao and dumplings, Chinese clothing, incense, prayer items, and New Year sweets.
   
The Chinese New Year 2025, the Year of the Snake, falls on Jan. 29.

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Yangon, Myanmar.
(XHTV)