Exploring traditions of Chinese New Year-Xinhua

Exploring traditions of Chinese New Year

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2025-01-29 10:01:31

A reunion meal

People have a reunion meal at a restaurant in Lanzhou City, northwest China's Gansu Province, Jan. 28, 2025. Dining with family members in a reunion meal has been a cherished tradition for the Chinese on the eve of the Spring Festival, which falls on Jan. 29 this year. (Xinhua/Chen Bin)

People have a reunion meal at a restaurant in Nanjing City, east China's Jiangsu Province, Jan. 28, 2025. Dining with family members in a reunion meal has been a cherished tradition for the Chinese on the eve of the Spring Festival, which falls on Jan. 29 this year. (Photo by Zhang Meng/Xinhua)

 

Lantern fairs 

An aerial drone photo taken on Jan. 22, 2025 shows people visiting the a Spring Festival lantern fair in Tangshan, north China's Hebei Province. (Xinhua/Yang Shiyao)

Tourists walk through a dragon-shaped lantern at Longting Park in Kaifeng of central China's Henan Province, Jan. 22, 2025.(Photo by Li Junsheng/Xinhua)

 

Dragon dance performance 

Folk artisans perform dragon dance at Pingyao Ancient Town in Jinzhong City, north China's Shanxi Province, Jan. 22, 2025.(Photo by Liang Shengren/Xinhua)

Local residents perform dragon dance to celebrate the traditional Chinese Xiaonian festival, which marks the start of the countdown to Chinese New Year, in Boai County of Jiaozuo City, central China's Henan Province, Jan. 22, 2025. (Photo by Cheng Quan/Xinhua)

 

Paper cuttings

Ge Ying (L), a paper-cutting artisan, teaches people to make paper-cutting works marking the Year of the Snake in Tangshan City of north China's Hebei Province, Jan. 22, 2025. (Photo by Zhu Dayong/Xinhua)

 

Molten iron fireworks

Actors perform at a cultural tourism area in Fengnan District of Tangshan City, north China's Hebei Province, Jan. 17, 2025.(Xinhua/Yang Shiyao)

An aerial drone photo shows a molten iron fireworks show at a cultural tourism area in Fengnan District of Tangshan City, north China's Hebei Province, Jan. 17, 2025. (Xinhua/Yang Shiyao)

This photo shows a molten iron fireworks show at a cultural tourism area in Fengnan District of Tangshan City, north China's Hebei Province, Jan. 17, 2025. (Xinhua/Yang Shiyao)

 

New Year pictures

Xu Jiahui, an intangible cultural heritage inheritor of Liangping Woodblock New Year Pictures, colours a New Year Picture in Liangping District of southwest China's Chongqing, Jan. 14, 2025. Hanging New Year pictures is one of the folk activities for Chinese people to celebrate the Spring Festival.(Xinhua/Huang Wei)

Students watch Xu Jiahui (C), an intangible cultural heritage inheritor of Liangping Woodblock New Year Pictures, coloring a New Year Picture in Liangping District of southwest China's Chongqing, Jan. 14, 2025. Hanging New Year pictures is one of the folk activities for Chinese people to celebrate the Spring Festival. (Xinhua/Huang Wei)

 

Spring Festival couplets

An aerial drone photo taken on Jan. 22, 2025 shows people writing Spring Festival couplets in Guitou Village of Daoxian County in Yongzhou City, central China's Hunan Province. (Photo by Jiang Keqing/Xinhua)

 

Red lanterns

A family hangs a red lantern in Yucao Village of Huaying City, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Jan. 23, 2025. (Photo by Qiu Haiying/Xinhua)

Customers select Spring Festival decorations ahead of the Spring Festival in Zunhua, north China's Hebei Province, Jan. 24, 2025. (Photo by Liu Mancang/Xinhua)