Features: Chinese New Year Celebration 回忆春节

@Fiona Zou 2021的新年我是和父母在古北水镇度过的。除夕前一天我们就离开家住进了酒店，在酒店里过了新年。在我的记忆中，小时候，我们都会与在北京的亲戚一起，一边吃年夜饭一边看春晚，被屋外的鞭炮声吵得整夜睡不着觉。而今年，我们甚至都没有在除夕的晚上好好吃一顿饭，春晚也变得越来越不好看，如今的北京更是彻底地禁止了鞭炮。这么看，我的新年确实不那么具有“年味“了，但那却是一段非常美好的、与家人认真相聚的时光。不管”年味“是什么，这样对我来说就已经足够了。    This year, my parents and I spent the Spring Festival at Gubei Water Town in Beijing. We checked into the hotel one day before New Year’s Eve and stayed there for New Year’s Day. In my memories as a child, we would watch the Spring Festival Gala while having a reunion dinner

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Health: Small dining businesses look for “healthy” solutions

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