Workers make costumes at a workshop of Unidos de Vila Maria samba school in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Feb. 14, 2020. Each year in Brazil's most famous Carnival celebrations, competing samba schools will pick a topic to base their performance on, and this year the 2,500-member Unidos de Vila Maria chose China. (Photo by Rahel Patrasso/Xinhua)

China's evolution from a millenary civilization to a modern economic powerhouse will be told through dance, music and eye-popping costumes at the Carnival.

Spectators can expect to see a parade of elaborate floats featuring Chinese cultural icons, including dragons, pandas, pagodas and the teachings of philosopher Confucius, as well as aspects of China's rich multiethnic society and contemporary life.