The New Year decorations are set in Longtan Park in Beijing, capital of China, Jan 24, 2017, to greet the upcoming Spring Festival, or Chinese Lunar New Year, which falls on Jan 28 this year.
Shadow play, also known as shadow puppetry, is an ancient form of storytelling and entertainment in China and an indispensable part of Chinese culture. It's hailed as the "father of movies".
Kangding is a place where traditions meet modern life. A cup of butter tea in Kangding city can reflect a colorful culture and local history.
Mark Rowswell, or Dashan as he is known in China, intones in his deepest, gravest CCTV-presenter voice, bowing so low he almost kisses the stage
Folk artist Jia Shujuan shows palm-plaited roosters in Luoyang, Central China's Henan province, Jan 15, 2017.
At the beginning of 2017, a nine-minute short animation titled Love Sick engulfed the internet. Since its initial release on December 23, the animation has already reached 100 million hits within ten days on Chinese social media platforms, including Vmovie.com, MiaoPai.com and Bilibili.
Canada Post has given Lunar New Year celebrants something to crow about: two Year of the Rooster stamps.
As the Spring Festival is coming, McDonald's has launched a new menu featuring elements inspired by Chinese royal names.
Many Chinese poets say that this year will be special for them, a view echoed by Wang Guoqin, a poet and critic who said "poetry is the light ahead in the dark tunnel of my life", after receiving the Creation Award of the Year at the Third Spring Festival Poetry Gala for his book Talking About Poetry From Zhishi Studio.
In many people's eyes, 23 year-old Chang Yangyang is unusual compared to his peers. He always stays at home, paints flowers, cuts paper and carries a small pair of scissors in his pocket wherever he goes.
It's time to make our New Year's resolutions-but how many of us will follow through? Xing Yi asked a group of students about their hopes for 2017.
Here are 10 cultural relics from the Palace Museum that bear the ten most popular colors for this year.