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Photo taken on Feb 24, 2016 shows the porcelain mascot for the Chinese Spring Festival in Jingdezhen, China's porcelain center located in East China's Jiangxi province.
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.
A group of youngsters participate in a "spring" themed calligraphy competition in Dalian, Liaoning province on Feb 20, 2016. The competitors are required to choose one of four different styles of calligraphy, including regular script, clerical script, seal script or running script.
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 watch a performance of Huangmei Opera, a form of rural folk song and dance, in Hefei, capital of East China's Anhui province, Feb 18, 2016.
Women of Miao ethnic group carrying gifts on the shoulder walk at Ma'an village of Congjiang county, Qiandongnan Miao and Dong autonomous prefecture, Southwest China's Guizhou province on Feb 13.
Residents of Tibetan ethnic group in Baoxing on Tuesday performed dragon and lion dances to celebrate the annual Shangjiu Festival, which falls on the 9th day of Chinese Lunar New Year, to express the respect to the heaven.
Photo taken on Feb 15, 2016 shows lanterns at a themed lantern show in Jimo, East China's Shandong province.
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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