Cutting through an overload of information to get to the heart of the story.
This is the point.
I'm in the central district of Beijing that's called Longfu Temple.
And this place is actually about 600 year old very very old but now has been transformed to become a very creative area where people can celebrate traditional culture but now is a very special season
because we're about to celebrate the traditional Chinese New Year of the Horse and there is a festival fair here along these streets with all kinds of stuff going on let's just check what they have for instance the Chinese character for Fu which means good fortune you know here you can produce your own food.
decoration for the door.
And this, of course, is the symbol of this year's zodiac.
So it's a horse.
That's why everything is about horse.
That's why we're here.
So we're talking about the traditional Chinese New Year and what it means for the ordinary people,
especially for the young people.
So join me in this very special edition of The Point with me,
Liu Xin, coming to you from the center of Beijing, Long Fu Si.
But first,
I want to find out a bit more about what people who come here say and think about this upcoming holiday.
Hello, we're from Chinese TV.
Where are you from?
Oh, we're from Germany.
You're from Germany?