Spring Festival greetings from Singaporean ambassador: Both China and Singapore have strong sense of family -Chinaculture.org

</p> <p><em>With the 2019 Spring Festival around the corner, China Daily sat down with ambassadors and diplomats to talk about their understanding of Spring Festival, outlook on bilateral relations, and their New Year greetings to the Chinese people.</em></p> <p>Singaporean Ambassador to China Stanley Loh deems the Lunar New Year celebration scene in Singapore very vibrant.</p> <p>As 75 percent of the population in Singapore is Chinese, Spring Festival is widely celebrated in the country. Lunar New Year customs like the reunion dinner with family and hongbao, or red envelopes containing auspicious money to children, arealso essential to the Spring Festival celebration in Singapore. Besides this, a wide range of cultural events will be staged by the riverside to welcome the arrival of spring. "Not different from China's temple fairs", the ambassadorsaid.</p> <p>When talking about the cultural similarities between China and Singapore, the ambassador emphasized that the concept of family is greatly valued in Chinese culture, so is the case in Singapore.</p> <p>Producer: Han Lei</p> <p>Production: Feng Minghui</p> <p>Reporter: Hu Zhe</p> <p>Camera: Yu Xiaou & Fu Rui</p> <p>Lighting: Zhou Bing</p> <p>Editing: Yu Xiaoou & Fu Rui</p> <p>Coordinator: Hu Zhe & Zhang Xingjian</p> <p>Subtitles: Hu Zhe & Liu Fang & Li Wenrui</p> </div>  <div class="ar-ad"><a href=http://en.chinaculture.org/SharingChinaShortFilm.html target="_top"><img src=../../attachement/jpg/site1/20180116/b083fe96fa8c1bc7ecb203.jpg border=0></a></div>  <div class="fenx"> <p><a title="分享到twitter" onclick="javascript:bShare.share(event,'twitter',0);return false;" style="cursor:pointer;color:#2e3192;"><img src="../../image/i1.png"></a></p> <p><a title="分享到facebook" onclick="javascript:bShare.share(event,'facebook',0);return false;" style="cursor:pointer;color:#2e3192;"><img src="../../image/i2.png"></a></p> <p><a title="分享到新浪微博" onclick="javascript:bShare.share(event,'sinaminiblog',0);return false;" style="cursor:pointer;color:#2e3192;"><img src="../../image/i3.png"></a></p> <script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8" src="http://static.bshare.cn/b/buttonLite.js#uuid=a92f8285-36fe-4168-8f86-8e177d015e67&style=-1"></script> </div>  <div class="return"> <span class="j_scrollToTop backTop"><img src="../../image/back.png"></span> </div>  <div class="dibu"> <p>Presented by Chinadaily.com.cn Registration Number: 10023870-7<br /> Copyright © <script> var oTime = new Date(); document.write(oTime.getFullYear()); </script> Ministry of Culture, P.R.China. All rights reserved</p> </div> <script src="../../2.files/swipe.min.js"></script>  <script src="../../2.files/channel.min.js"></script> <div style="display:none"> <script type="text/javascript">document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='http://cl.webterren.com/webdig.js?z=16' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E"));</script> <script type="text/javascript">wd_paramtracker("_wdxid=000000000000000000000000000000000000000000")</script> </div> <script type="text/javascript"> $(document).ready(function() { if(document.getElementById("vms_player")){ var ios_url = $('#ios_url').attr('value'); ios_url = ios_url.replace('http://video.chinadaily.com.cn', ''); var ios_width = $('#ios_width').attr('value'); var ios_height = $('#ios_height').attr('value'); var status = is_ipad(ios_url, ios_width, ios_height); } }); function is_ipad(url, width, height){ var url_r = url; var arr = new Array(); arr = url_r.split("output").reverse(); var url_ok=arr[0]; url_ok = url_ok.replace('_800k.flv', '_500k.mp4'); var ipadUrl= "http://videostream.chinadaily.com.cn:1935/app_1/_definst_/mp4:ugc"+url_ok+"/playlist.m3u8"; var androidUrl = "rtsp://videostream.chinadaily.com.cn:1935/app_1/_definst_/mp4:ugc"+url_ok; if((navigator.userAgent.match(/iPhone/i)) || (navigator.userAgent.match(/iPad/i))) { $("#play-logo").hide(); $("#openclose").hide(); $("#vms_player").html('<video width="'+width+'" height="'+height+'" controls="controls"><source src="'+ipadUrl+'" type="video/mp4"></video>'); return false; }else if((navigator.userAgent.match(/Android/i))){ $("#play-logo").hide(); $("#openclose").hide(); $("#vms_player").html('<video width="'+width+'" height="'+height+'" controls="controls"><source src="'+androidUrl+'" type="video/mp4"></video>'); return false; } return true; } </script> </body> </html>