The Shenzhou-15 astronauts Fei Junlong, Deng Qingming and Zhang Lu sent their Spring Festival greetings from China's Tiangong space station in a video on New Year's Eve.
The astronauts showed their own calligraphy(书法) in blue clothes. Two pieces of paper were written with the Chinese character "fur", meaning good luck and best wishes from Tiangong. "Wearing new clothes. eating dumplings and sending wishes—the festival customs are the same here," said Zhang Lu.
At the same time, the astronauts have decorated the space station with red couplets (对联) and Chinese knots(结). "I believe that, at the moment, many people are working like us. In fact, it is also a kind of happiness," said Deng. He continued to say that each person's dreams and efforts can get together into a huge force to push the country's development. Fei Junlong wished the country and people to have peace and happiness.
In another video also showed the astronauts gave out 40 paintings drawn by children in a "space painting exhibition" as a New Year gift to all the Chinese people. The paintings were brought into space with the Shenzhou-15 task on Nov. 29 last year. They show the children's expectations on the country's rapid development and space exploration (探索).
The Shenzhou-15 astronauts successfully finished the last stage of the space station building. During their six-month stay in space, the Shenzhou-15 astronauts will carry out more than 40 experiments and tests. They are about the space science research and application (应用), space medicine and space technology. Although they were tired, they were happy and proud.