This year’s Lantern Festival fell on Feb. 15. On this day, the community workers in Luohu presented boiled sweet dumplings to senior citizens living alone across the district for them to enjoy this traditional festival.
Hu Yuping, an aged resident at the Laowei neighborhood living by herself, was just one of those to receive dumplings.
"It's so nice of you to come and see me," Hu said, holding the social worker's hands. "I've been feeling bad because my son couldn't come."
Hu’s son lives in Hong Kong, and cannot often visit her due to the COVID-19. He knows his mother’s daily situation through a monitoring camera installed in the woman’s room. He expressed his gratitude after noticing the social workers’ visit through the monitoring camera.
Zhuang Yasi and Lao Yuanjing, two junior middle school students and volunteer social workers of the Laowei neighborhood, helped clean the reading room of the neighborhood one day before the Lantern Festival to offer residents a comfortable reading environment. Local residents spoke highly of their work.
In the Jinling neighborhood, social workers organized an online activity on Feb. 14 for residents to celebrate the traditional Chinese festival.
The neighborhood also worked together with the Luohu cultural hall in Jinling to hold performances and organize lantern riddle as well as craft activities on Feb. 15.
Luohu was alive with a festive atmosphere on Feb. 15, including at Shenzhen Theatre, where a folk music concert was staged to present the beauty of oriental rhythms, literature, and melodies.
Meanwhile, shopping malls in Luohu decorated their buildings with various types of lanterns and organized lantern riddle activities. The Chinese-style lanterns attracted many citizens to stop and take photos, lighting up their smiles for the camera.