A gala marking Spring Festival was held at the Forbidden City Concert Hall in Beijing on Feb 2 featuring a variety of performances, including traditional Chinese musical instruments, dance and Peking Opera.
A molten iron fireworks show in Taijiang county, Guizhou province — part of the annual Lantern Festival — has been performed by Miao ethnic people as a prayer for good weather, a good harvest and auspicious happiness.
Since China adjusted its COVID-19 response, the number of bullet trains in operation in Xinjiang has increased to 36 to meet people's travel and tourism needs during the festival. A group of train mechanics work in rotation to keep the trains and the passengers they carry secure.
Nowadays, Chinese Malaysians still cherish and pass down traditional Chinese culture to future generations through the celebration of Chinese festivals like Spring Festival, which fell on Feb 22.
An exhibition at the Shanghai History Museum gives a glimpse of traditional ways to celebrate Spring Festival. It will run until Feb 26.
For Lee Shih-hsiang and Huang Chieh-ni, a young Taiwan couple living in the Chinese mainland, Shanghai not only gives them the feeling of a second home, but also injects new life into their music careers.
Celebrated composer Tan Dun's symphonic composition, Buddha Passion, inspired by the ancient murals of Dunhuang, makes its British debut.
As 2023 is the Year of the Rabbit, according to the Chinese zodiac, more than 300 depictions of the animal in paintings, cartoons and digital programs, are being showcased in Zodiac Art Exhibition, an exhibition of artworks, at the Shanghai Library's Pudong branch, which will run until Feb 19.
During Spring Festival, which ends with the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first lunar month — falling on Sunday this year — more people from around the country flock to Zigong to view its world-famous lanterns.
Established Chinese filmmaker Rao Xiaozhi has recently taken home the best director award, one of the top honors at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Film Festival, in India.
People across China light up for 2023 Lantern Festival
The annual Chinatown Spring Festival Parade in Vancouver, which hosts Canada’s largest Chinese community, returned on Jan 22 after being cancelled two years in a row due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Nearly 200,000 people of different ethnic groups, including Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, took part in enjoying the festive vibes.