'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.
People perform the dragon dance to celebrate Chinese Lunar New Year at the Chinatown in Ottawa, Canada, Feb 14, 2016.
Chinese dragon dancers take part in a parade to celebrate Chinese Lunar New Year in central London, Britain, on Feb 14, 2016.
The 2016 Spring Festival holiday has come to an end. Chinese tend to visit temple fairs and watch lanterns during the holiday. Let's have a look at some of the activities that Chinese people do during the Chinese New Year.
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