Awakening of Insects falls on Mar 5 and ends on Mar 19 this year. Awakening of Insects signals a rise in temperature and increased rainfall.
Selected Shu embroidery works are on display at the Daci Temple in Chengdu city, the capital of Southwest China's Sichuan province, March 3, 2016.
More than 400 artifacts selected from 20,000 items unearthed from the tomb of Haihunhou (Marquis of Haihun) in East China's Jiangxi province will be displayed at an exhibition at the Capital Museum in Beijing from March 2 to June 2.
'Cultures of China, Festival of Spring' gala was held in Barcelona on Feb. 26.
A flower bun art festival is ongoing in Hebi city of Henan province, which puts on display more than 300 pieces of creative flower buns from Shaanxi, Shanxi, Anhui, Henan provinces in Central China.
More than 40 stone monkey carvings and sculptures at the Guandi Temple have attracted many tourists here as stone monkey is regarded to be a sign of good luck in Chinese folk culture.
Actors perform dance during the "Cultures of China, Festival of Spring" Gala in Luxemburg, on Feb 23, 2016.
During the Lantern Festival, ancient Chinese people go out at night to temples carrying paper lanterns. Nowadays the festival lanterns are not as popular as they once were in ancient times, but Chinese painters preserve these traditions in their paintings
People view the lantern show at Longting Park in ancient city Kaifeng, Central China's Henan province, Feb 21, 2016. Lanterns are hung around the city to greet the Lantern Festival which falls on Feb 22.
Residents flood to Confucius Temple in Nanjing, East China's Jiangsu province on "Lantern-on Day" (which means put the lantern on before the Lantern Festival). This is a pre-celebration of the Lantern Festival which falls on Monday this year.
An ancient-style "first writing ceremony" is held in Xi'an on Feb 20, 2016. Dozens of children from Xi'an attended the event to experience the traditional Chinese culture.
An exhibition of intangible cultural heritage to celebrate the upcoming Lantern Festival was held in Shenyang, Liaoning province on Feb 18. The event featured a series of works of cultural heritage transmitters.
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