The traditional Chinese lunar calendar divides the year into 24 solar terms. Start of Spring, the first solar term of the year, begins this year on Feb 4 and ends on Feb 18.
An eye-catching sand table portrays the scene of people preparing for the upcoming Chinese New Year in a village in Shandong Peninsula during the Minguo era (1912-1949).
According to Fung, one important event agreed to by the two Palace Museums is an exhibition on court painter Giuseppe Castiglione to mark the 300th anniversary of his arrival in China.
French sculptor and painter Pierre Carron, 83, is presenting a world of innocence and fantasy through his dozens of oil paintings of children, which are shown at the National Art Museum of China.