The road – or railway – homeChildren show candies and the Chinese character "Fu", or ”luck”, given by train stewards on the bullet train D2259, from Hankou to Chengdu East, on Jan 13.
An 8-year-old girl's long journey homeWang Xintong, 8, woke up at 5am on the morning on Jan 13, prepared to embark on a long trip back home with her parents. Jan 13 was the first day of the 2017 Spring Festival travel rush.
Fish dehydrated to greet upcoming Spring Festival in E ChinaFish dehydrated to greet upcoming Spring Festival in E China
Apple celebrates New Year with Chinese art
Apple gets Chinese artists to present traditional themes in a modern way for Spring Festival.
Spring Festival gala welcomes Chinese New Year
The 2017 Baotou Spring Festival Gala was staged at Baotou Grand Theater on Jan 20.
Vivid leaf carvings welcome Year of Rooster
An elementary school art teacher from the eastern coastal city of Qingdao, Shandong province has created a series of leaf carvings that are amazing netizens.
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Jan 20: Little New Year
Little New Year, which falls about a week before the lunar New Year, is also known as the Festival of the Kitchen God.
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Jan 28: New Year's Day
In northern China, the first meal of the New Year is boiled jiaozi (stuffed dumplings). In the south, it is niangao (New Year's cake).
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Feb 11: Lantern Festival
Lantern Festival falls on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. This is the first full moon of the new year, symbolizing unity and perfection.
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Feb 1: Po Woo
Commonly known as the Festival of Po Woo, the fifth day of the Chinese New Year is a day when many taboos are believed to be broken.
Rooster-shaped dough modellings made to greet Chinese lunar new year
Folk artist Kan Zongqin makes rooster-shaped dough modellings in Zaozhuang, Jan 8.
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