31 January 2022
Zhai Zhigang, Wang Yaping and Ye Guangfu extended their Spring Festival greetings in a video released by CMSA on Chinese Lunar New Year's eve. It was also shown in the Spring Festival Gala on TV. The Shenzhou 13 crew is the first Chinese space mission to celebrate the Spring Festival in space. The taikonauts have decorated the orbiting core module with red lanterns, Chinese knots and paper-cut craft. The three will also enjoy the traditions they usually share with their families on Earth - eating dumplings, wearing new clothes and pasting spring couplets on walls.
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