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In a new three-part series, presenter and adventurer Lowri Morgan looks at important world festivals, which celebrate birth, marriage and death. Lowri's journey starts in Beijing, China in the programme Gwyl y Geni: Tsieina.Lowri has recently given birth to a son, Gwil, and become a mother for the first time. And appropriately enough, the first programme in the series features a festival of birth. This is a colourful festival celebrating New Year and spring and includes a number of ancient Chinese traditions and superstitions. During her stay in China, Lowri cradles the first baby to be born in the New Year."The programme scheduling is spot on!" says Lowri with a smile. "It was great to see so many traditions associated the New Year, and to learn that the old Chinese traditions still exist. The celebrations are integral to the life of the Chinese people. But there are challenges too, as more and more Western influences creep into the festival."Lowri visited two families in Beijing to ...