As the New Year's Day and Spring Festival of 2025 draw near, Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei will jointly organize the "2025 Cultural and Tourism Activities for Spring Festival".

These activities comprise of six parts.

Part One: New Year and Spring Festival Grand Celebration. The activities include the New Year countdown event and Spring Festival galas. On the night of December 31, Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei will for the first time jointly kick off countdown activities to the New Year in Beijing's Shougang Park, Tianjin Nankai District's Drum Tower Square and Hebei's Zhengding ancient town. Residents in these three places will welcome the New Year together via video link. Moreover, these three places will co-produce Spring Festival galas for the first time, including BRTV's Spring Festival Gala, Tianjin Comedy Spring Festival Gala and Hebei Opera Spring Festival Gala. These TV shows will be synchronically broadcast in prime time on the evenings of the first to the third day of the Chinese Lunar New Year.

Part Two: Temple Fair. This event will feature ten signature temple fairs from the three regions, including five in Beijing, two in Tianjin and three in Hebei. Highlights will be delicacies from time-honored local brands, intangible cultural heritage products and traditional New Year's goods. Distinctive folklore performances will also be staged.

Part Three: Winter Sports. To create a brand of "Happy Ice and Snow Tourism Season", this event will introduce high-quality winter sports venues from the three places, including four ice and snow themed tourist attractions and eight exclusive travel routes. Also, the most beautiful ski resort in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region will be identified. These activities will allow visitors to enjoy the passion and fun of winter sports.

Part Four: Historical and Cultural Themed Tours. A total of 30 themed tourism routes will be launched, including the Beijing Central Axis, Tianjin Wudadao, and Hebei Dingzhou ancient town.

Part Five: Spring Festival Museum Tours. By pooling the premium resources of museums in these three places, this event will recommend over 400 high-level exhibitions and launch six museum-themed tour routes.

Part Six: Festive Community Performances. Performers and artists from Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei will be invited to the neighborhoods and villages, especially those in the border areas of the three regions, to give New Year greetings to local residents and workers. In addition, 40 key activities in various forms will be organized, including giving Spring Festival couplets as a present, grand cultural galas, and art troupe community tours.

(Source: Beijing Fabu)