Space-Spring Festival/Astronauts
In Space - Recent (China Manned Space Agency - No access Chinese mainland)
1. Tiangong Space Station
2. Various of Shenzhou-13 crew members decorating space station core module with traditional Chinese paper-cuts, Spring Festival Couplets
3. Various of Shenzhou-13 crew members writing Spring Festival Couplets, poems
4. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Zhai Zhigang, astronaut, Shenzhou-13 spaceflight mission:
"I wish you all a happy New Year, good health, good luck and an auspicious Year of the Tiger."
5. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Wang Yaping, astronaut, Shenzhou-13 spaceflight mission:
"I will spend the Spring Festival aboard China's space station. Here, I wish all fellow Chinese people a happy New Year and a auspicious Year of the Tiger."
6. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Ye Guangfu, astronaut, Shenzhou-13 spaceflight mission:
"From our space station, I wish all fellow Chinese people a happy New Year, a happy family, and prosperity and peace for our great motherland."
The Shenzhou-13 astronauts in China's space station took time out from their duties to hold a number of traditional Spring Festival activities high above the Earth, as they were preparing to welcome the Chinese Lunar New Year.
This year will mark the first time for Chinese astronauts to celebrate the Spring Festival in outer space, and the three crew members aboard Shenzhou-13 -- Zhai Zhigang, Wang Yaping and Ye Guangfu, have decorated the space station core module with traditional Chinese paper-cuts, Spring Festival Couplets, or Chunlian in Chinese, and red lanterns.
The three crew members, who have spent three and a half months on the spacecraft, also plan to eat dumplings with three fillings to celebrate the the Year of the Tiger, which starts on Feb. 1.
They've also written some Chinese poems to show their nostalgic feelings and determination to complete their missions.
The three astronauts say that on the Chinese New Year's Eve, they will also watch the 2022 Spring Festival Gala on China Central Television, which has the largest audience of any entertainment show in the world, while sending their best wishes to all fellow Chinese people.
China launched the Shenzhou-13 spaceship on Oct. 16, sending the three astronauts on a six-month mission to construct the nation's space station.
Space-Spring Festival/Astronauts
Dateline : Recent
Location : In Space
Duration : 2'55
In Space - Recent (China Manned Space Agency - No access Chinese mainland)
1. Tiangong Space Station
2. Various of Shenzhou-13 crew members decorating space station core module with traditional Chinese paper-cuts, Spring Festival Couplets
3. Various of Shenzhou-13 crew members writing Spring Festival Couplets, poems
4. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Zhai Zhigang, astronaut, Shenzhou-13 spaceflight mission:
"I wish you all a happy New Year, good health, good luck and an auspicious Year of the Tiger."
5. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Wang Yaping, astronaut, Shenzhou-13 spaceflight mission:
"I will spend the Spring Festival aboard China's space station. Here, I wish all fellow Chinese people a happy New Year and a auspicious Year of the Tiger."
6. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Ye Guangfu, astronaut, Shenzhou-13 spaceflight mission:
"From our space station, I wish all fellow Chinese people a happy New Year, a happy family, and prosperity and peace for our great motherland."
The Shenzhou-13 astronauts in China's space station took time out from their duties to hold a number of traditional Spring Festival activities high above the Earth, as they were preparing to welcome the Chinese Lunar New Year.
This year will mark the first time for Chinese astronauts to celebrate the Spring Festival in outer space, and the three crew members aboard Shenzhou-13 -- Zhai Zhigang, Wang Yaping and Ye Guangfu, have decorated the space station core module with traditional Chinese paper-cuts, Spring Festival Couplets, or Chunlian in Chinese, and red lanterns.
The three crew members, who have spent three and a half months on the spacecraft, also plan to eat dumplings with three fillings to celebrate the the Year of the Tiger, which starts on Feb. 1.
They've also written some Chinese poems to show their nostalgic feelings and determination to complete their missions.
The three astronauts say that on the Chinese New Year's Eve, they will also watch the 2022 Spring Festival Gala on China Central Television, which has the largest audience of any entertainment show in the world, while sending their best wishes to all fellow Chinese people.
China launched the Shenzhou-13 spaceship on Oct. 16, sending the three astronauts on a six-month mission to construct the nation's space station.
ID : 8256805
Published : 2022-01-31 14:19
Last Modified : 2022-02-07 16:13:01
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