The countdown to the Chinese New Year is less than three weeks away, and this year everyone who has completed their vaccinations can return home for New Year’s Eve and a reunion dinner.
According to the Ministry of National Solidarity, the country is in the fourth stage of recovery and those who have completed their vaccinations are free to cross state lines.
This year, everyone will be able to travel across the state to their hometown for New Year’s Eve, and they will also be able to go to their loved ones’ homes to enjoy a reunion dinner together. People can also share reunion meals with their loved ones at restaurants, but will need to follow standard operating procedures (SOPs) such as wearing a mask, keeping their distance and testing themselves.
Law enforcement authorities will monitor people’s actions in a variety of ways to ensure compliance with SOPs. Videos and photos you share on social media will be used as evidence of monitoring by law enforcement authorities, and anyone who violates SOPs will be fined.
In addition, people can also pray at the temple, but the Ministry of National Solidarity has not yet announced the number of people and opening hours, the relevant details will be announced in the near future. People can visit each other during the New Year, but also in the evening of the eighth day of the year and the early morning of the ninth day of the year to worship the God of Heaven ceremony.
But what makes people wonder is that the lion and dragon dances need to be approved by the authorities first.
Last year, when the epidemic was severe, the government restricted people from returning to their homes across the state during the Lunar New Year, and they could only allow friends and relatives within a 10-kilometer radius to spend the New Year together.
