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Soldiers Send Spring Festival Greetings Home

Source:chinadaily.com.cn Published:2019-01-31 10:29

  Soldiers write their Spring Festival greetings to their families in calligraphy. [Photo by Hou Chonghui for chinadaily.com.cn]

Holiday shopping for the upcoming Spring Festival, which begins Feb 5, usually is routine for millions of Chinese. But soldiers in Lanzhou, Northwest China's Gansu province, are ditching convention and creating their own gifts for their loved ones.

As the soldiers can't visit their families and must remain at their posts during this most important Chinese festival, they decided to share their blessings via Chinese traditional calligraphy and send them back home.

  Soldiers display their calligraphy featuring the Chinese character, Fu, which means good luck. [Photo by Hou Chonghui for chinadaily.com.cn]

  Soldiers write their Spring Festival greetings to their families in calligraphy. [Photo by Hou Chonghui for chinadaily.com.cn]

  Soldiers display their calligraphy featuring the Chinese character, Fu, which means good luck. [Photo by Hou Chonghui for chinadaily.com.cn]

  Soldiers phoned their families to send their holiday greetings, as well as pictures of awards and certificates achieved over the past year. [Photo by Hou Chonghui for chinadaily.com.cn]

  Although they are unable to go home to reunite with their families for the upcoming Spring Festival, soldiers in Lanzhou, Northwest China's Gansu province, put up red lanterns, a quintessential holiday decoration, to create a festive atmosphere. [Photo by Hou Chonghui for chinadaily.com.cn]

  Soldiers in Lanzhou, Northwest China's Gansu province, celebrate the upcoming Spring Festival with dancing and drums. [Photo by Hou Chonghui for chinadaily.com.cn]

  Soldiers in Lanzhou, Northwest China's Gansu province, celebrate the upcoming Spring Festival with dancing and drums. [Photo by Hou Chonghui for chinadaily.com.cn]

Editor:Zhao Xichen