Flower light show in Beijing creates nostalgic scene for Macao students

An immersive flower light show celebrating the 25th anniversary of Macao's return to the motherland triggered their memory of the fresh and colorful spring in the region, said two Macao students as they visited a museum in Beijing recently.

The flowers immersive light show made its debut in November and offered a captivating walk-through experience full of blooming flowers projected by state-of-the-art LED lights.

As a special unit of the broader immersive exhibition titled "Meet the World of Flowers", the show celebrated the cultural gems of the Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR).

Using 3D light sculpting and digital technology the exhibition created a 1,300-square-meter floral wonderland with 12 themed areas, inviting visitors into a mesmerizing sea of vibrant hues and offering a truly enchanting sensory experience.

Real floral props were integrated into each section and the shiny fragments were pieced together to make up various figures of animals, plants and natural landscapes and as seasonal landscapes unfold seamlessly, visitors can immerse in a world where nature and romance blend.

Macao students who are currently studying in Beijing said the show gave them immersive experience by inviting them into "a secret garden" where they feel like living in a fairytale world.

"I think it's totally gorgeous because I have [watched] a very impressive scene is that when we enter the first scene that huge flock facing us with the projection of the spectacular imagery. I was one of these shocked and it feels like I have entered into the secret garden and feeling like I'm the protagonist. And from that moment on, I was really immersed into this exhibition," said Yu Cheok Tong, student of the Beijing Foreign Studies University.

The wavering flowers also created a nostalgic scene for the students from Macao, who said the show made them recall the springs in the region.

"Yeah, I think the show is really breathtaking and you can see all the flowers and puddles are flowering in the wind and this just reminds me of Macao's spring," said Ng Wai Lam, student of the Beijing Normal University.

In particular, lotus as the symbol of Macao SAR holds special significance to the visiting students.

"Yeah, and also there is a lotus pool and [it] helped us to remind of our city, too," said Tong.

Flower light show in Beijing creates nostalgic scene for Macao students

The Zhengzhou Xinzheng International Airport -- a pivotal airport in central China's Henan Province -- saw its cargo throughput surge to 800,000 tons in 2024, a record high since the airport was opened in 1997 following reconstruction on the basis of the Zhengzhou Dongjiao Airport.

Leveraging the Zhengzhou-Luxembourg "Air Silk Road" project, Zhengzhou is actively building itself into an international aviation hub. Currently, the Xinzheng International Airport has made great improvements in network coverage, service guarantee, and transfer efficiency.

Presently, 29 cargo airlines are operated in Zhengzhou, running a total of 57 cargo routes. Those air routes have formed a hub network across the three major economies of Europe, America and Asia, covering major economies in the world. As of Dec 20, the cargo volume of Luxembourg cargo flights handled in Zhengzhou this year reached 136,000 tons, a year-on-year increase of 38.8 percent.

"We will keep enhancing our hard power of cargo guarantee and our soft power of operation service, and will continue to strengthen cooperation with freight forwarders, cross-border e-commerce platforms and other enterprises. We will also improve the efficiency of cargo collection and distribution through air-to-air transfer and combined transport of air and high-speed railway," said Zhang Mingchao, Party secretary of Zhongyu Aviation Group, an airline in Zhengzhou.

Pivotal airport in central China sees cargo throughput surge to record high