Vibrantly welcoming Chinese New Year 2024.

is the environmental area of Kenanga Water Village, Sungailiat sub-district, Bangka Regency, Bangka Belitung Islands province.
Today is exactly H-2 before the commemoration of the Chinese New Year celebration on the island of Bangka, namely Chinese New Year 2024, as you can see, the Chinese people here are very enthusiastic about welcoming Chinese New Year 2024, as can be seen from the many knick-knacks that are well installed in the people's homes. as well as in Chinese or Chinese community places of worship here.

Next we passed the YPK Air Kenanga Sungailiat School, which is a Christian education foundation school in Bangka Regency.

The cool afternoon air accompanied our journey around the ylang water village, interspersed with light drizzles of rain, which definitely added to the cool atmosphere of this village.

The more we entered this village, the more Chinese it felt.

The people of the Bangka Belitung Islands are known to uphold religious customs and tolerance. So here the term "Tongin Fan Ngin Jit Jong" is very strong, which means Malay, Chinese, the same.
This is not only a motto but is reflected in the daily lives of inter-religious and ethnic groups in the Bangka Belitung Islands which run harmoniously.

Next, we also saw the atmosphere of an ethnic Chinese village in another location, namely the Lubuk Kelik Sungailiat Bangka village area, where this area is also mostly inhabited by Chinese people on the island of Bangka.

People here also decorate their houses with various Chinese New Year ornaments such as lanterns and other knick-knacks.

Apart from houses, the Perfect Jaya Temple, which is located in Lubuk Kelik Village, has also been decorated with Chinese New Year lantern ornaments and other ornamental knick-knacks, so that it becomes the center of attention of people who will pass by this location.