Five-star red flags -- China's national flags, have colored many Chinese city streets into red, with potted flowers put along them, adding festive atmosphere for the upcoming National Day holiday of the country.
China's National Day falls on Oct 1. This year marks the 75th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China.
Landmark road sections in Liulin County of north China's Shanxi Province have been decorated with Chinese national flags. In Shuozhou City of the province, the five-star red flags have also been hung on the light poles of many key road sections and garden squares.
Shanxi's Yangquan City sees an elaborately-designed festive floral decoration in an urban park, attracting many visitors.
In the southwest, Chinese national flags are fluttering along the major road sections in Jiangyou City, a county-level city of Mianyang, Sichuan Province.
In south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, the city of Fangchenggang is decorated with flower beds and featured landscapes.
The century-old Binzhou (Harbin–Manzhouli) Railway Bridge in Harbin, the provincial capital of Heilongjiang in the northeast, is neatly decorated with more than 100 giant red flags. National flags are also ubiquitous at other landmark spots across the city.
"The festive atmosphere here is thick. We are very happy to see our motherland is getting ever more prosperous and stronger," said Guo Zhiqin, a local resident. Changning District in Shanghai has decorated its streets with more than 100,000 pots of flowers.
"We were born in the new society and grew up under the red flag. So, we feel really excited with surging emotions at the sight of these decorations," said an elderly resident.
In Yangzhou City of east China's Jiangsu Province, Chinese national flags are hung in historic and cultural blocks, creating a unique festive atmosphere among the antique buildings.
The city has planned dazzling light shows on dozens of landmark structures during the seven-day National Day holiday.
City streets colored with red for National Day
