During the Lantern Festival, besides eating the iconic treat yuanxiao (glutinous rice balls), it's also a tradition to go out at night to enjoy lantern shows.
People perform dragon dance in the flames of firecrackers in Binzhou township of Binyang county, South China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, Feb 7, 2017.
Members with the Hungarian National Dance Ensemble perform Rhythms of Carpathian Basin during a Spring Festival gala named "China and Hungary hand in hand" in Budapest, Hungary, on Feb 3, 2017.
Samples from the collections held by 10 major Chinese museums have been showcased at Frankfurt's Paperworld fair in Germany, in the first Chinese group show at the internationally-famed exhibition.
Lanterns in shape of rooster are seen in Xining, capital of Northwest China's Qinghai province, Feb 1, 2017.
A ceremony for welcoming the "God of Wealth" is held in front of the former residence of Shen Wansan, the richest man living in south of the Yangtze River region during the Ming Dynasty in East China's Zhouzhuang.
The Chinese New Year of the Rooster has been celebrated in grand style at the Stockholm Chinese Cultural Center, with traditional Chinese handicrafts and artworks supplied by the Shandong Art Troupe.
Participants perform dragon dance during a contest in Wuhan, capital of Central China's Hubei province, Jan 31, 2017.
People watch performance at Qingjiangpu temple fair during Chinese Lunar New Year holiday in Huai'an city, East China's Jiangsu province, Jan. 30, 2017.
Tourists visit a lantern fair held to celebrate Chinese Lunar New Year, or Spring Festival, in Southwest China's Chongqing, Jan 30, 2017.
WeChat, China's major instant messaging app, said that some 14.2 billion red packets (known as "hongbao" in Chinese) were given and received on WeChat on the eve of Spring Festival.
Temple fairs held across China to mark Spring Festival
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