Z: Hello and welcome to another edition of  Listeners' Garden here on China Radio International. I'm ZQ.

L: And I'm LPC. Glad to be with you again. Although it's already two days after the Spring Festival, we still want to wish you all a happy new year!

Z: And good luck in the year of the mouse. People here in China are enjoying a week-long holiday for spring festival celebrations. So, Peichun, how's your holiday going?

L: Well, it's a great time to relax from work and enjoy the fun of getting together with my family and friends. Feasts, parties and greetings have all overwhelmed me these past two days. And if it's a fine day tomorrow, I will take my daughter to the temple fair. She loves going there every year. But now, enough about me. How's your holiday going, ZQ?

Z: Well, quite similar to yours. Being with family of course, is the most important thing for the Spring Festival. And hearty meals, friends gathering, watching TV, and having good sleeps. It seems one week is not enough to me; I wish we could have more time off.

L: Me too! But then, we already have so many holidays throughout the year, especially for major traditional Chinese festivals.
Z: That's right. Although the Spring Festival is a Chinese holiday, our listeners worldwide have been sharing the happiness with us and have inundated us with good wishes for the Chinese lunar new year.

L: Yes, I'm really touched by their heart-warming letters and new year greetings.

Z; Me too. And so, on behalf of all of us here at CRI, we express our heartfelt gratitude to our listeners for your sincere wishes.

L: And also, a big thank you to all of you for your great interest in CRI. As always, we'll try our best to present as many top-quality programs as possible, and we hope you will continue to support our work in the Chinese new year and all the years to come.

Z: Besides the storm of new year wishes, many listeners have also written to us telling their opinions about our programs. So first on today's program we'll take a look at some of these letters.

L: And then at the request of some listeners we'll take a look at the religion and new year celebrations in Tibet. So please stay with us.

Z: Welcome back to "Listeners Garden." Peichun, we all know that the Tibetan people celebrate their own New Year each year. But do you know when this year's Tibetan New Year's Day is?


L: That's right. Well, after talking so much about the Tibetan New Year, I'm afraid time is up for this edition of  Listeners' Garden.  Hope you enjoyed it! If you have any comments or suggestions, please feel free to write us. Our postal address is: English Service, China Radio International, Beijing, China. And the postal code is 100040. You can also email us at garden@cri.com.cn. From Beijing, this is LPC saying goodbye, and wishing you a happy Chinese lunar New Year and a happy Tibetan New Year.

ZQ: Happy New Year! We hope you will join us again at the same time next week!