During the seven days' Spring Festival holiday, except for visiting friends and relatives, you can also go to temple fairs or museums to experience the "New Year atmosphere".
Folk artists there creat various artworks to celebrate the coming Year of the Monkey.
The Royal Mint released a range of commemorative coins on Feb 5 featuring the playful figure of a monkey to celebrate the forthcoming Chinese New Year on Feb. 8.
Photo taken on Feb 5, 2016 shows the official first-day-of-issue dedication ceremony of the Year of the Monkey Commemorative Forever Stamp at St. John's University Queens Campus in New York, the United States.
Going to temple fairs during Spring Festival remains a favorite activity of Beijing residents spending the Lunar New Year in the capital. Most offer cultural performances and a variety of booths with vendors demonstrating and selling traditional arts and crafts.
People take part in a celebration for "Lichun", the first of the 24 solar terms in Chinese lunar calendar, in Guangnan village, Guilin city, South China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, Feb 4, 2016.
Canada Post and the Chinese Consulate General in Toronto held a stamp launch event for the Year of the Monkey international rate stamps on Thursday in celebration of the upcoming Chinese Lunar New Year.
Folk artists in traditional costumes perform the lion dance to celebrate the upcoming Spring Festival, or the Chinese Lunar New Year, in Anyang, Central China's Henan province, Feb 4, 2016.
In an age of computer-controlled graphics, each of the craftsman's creations are unique
Barcelona will provide land for its construction, which is expected to cost $88.6 million, according to Spanish business newspaper Expansion.
When local colleagues jokingly call him "a real friend of Chinese women", Alfred Otto Mueck smiles and says it is an honor to help Chinese women resolve their health issues.
Children surround a "spring cow" on display among the folk activities held at the Beijing Ancient Observatory in Beijing, capital of China, to celebrate the Start of Spring, which falls on Feb 4, 2016.
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