For Mian Xukun, a first-year student at Zhejiang’s Communication University, this Lunar New Year was anything but ordinary 🌟. Trading her usual hometown celebrations for a 10-hour family road trip, she landed in Chengdu—a city bursting with dragon-themed festivities and ancient charm.
🏮 What’s the vibe? Imagine 3,000 drones painting the night sky with lunar greetings, panda-shaped lanterns glowing like emoji come to life 🐼💡, and Sanxingdui’s eerie bronze masks whispering 3,000-year-old stories. Chengdu’s Spring Festival blend of tech and tradition had Mian’s family spellbound. “It’s like ‘Avatar’ meets ancient China!” she told us.
📸 Why Chengdu? The Sichuan capital has become a magnet for Gen-Z travelers craving cultural depth (and Instagram-worthy drone shows 📱). For Mian, it was also a chance to bond with her parents while exploring tea houses, fiery hotpot feasts, and Sichuan opera performances.
💥 Travel trend alert: More young people are ditching routine holidays for experiential trips. As Mian says: “Why just eat dumplings at home when you can watch dragons light up the sky?”
