The COVID-19 outbreak has not only changed people's daily lives but altered their preferences for modes of travel. Self-driving tours, thanks to their greater privacy and health safety options, have grown to be a popular choice for travelers.
Tourists are swarming back to Beijing's major attractions, with the visitor numbers during the first three days of the Spring Festival holiday bouncing back to 91 percent of the 2019 level despite stringent anti-epidemic measures in place.
An exhibition of ancient Chinese currency has opened at the National Museum of China.
Star performers of traditional Chinese operas, such as Pingju Opera and Hebei Bangzi Opera, put on a show on Feb 13 at the Forbidden City Concert Hall in Beijing to celebrate the Spring Festival.
Detective Chinatown 3 led China's box office on Saturday, raking in more than 807 million yuan (125.3 million US dollars), or nearly 60 percent of the daily total.
During the night of this year's Chinese Lunar New Year's Eve, the Tokyo Tower in Tokyo was lit in red, showing two Chinese characters meaning hope, in an effort to bring love, courage, warmth and hope to those who were still battling the COVID-19 pandemic.
Linda Lim, Chair of the Asian Events Trust, said the Chinese New Year has turned to be one of Wellington's largest and most anticipated cultural events over the past 20 years, providing an important connection to Chinese culture for everyone in Wellington.
Chinese New Year celebrations were held on Friday both at the city center and the Song Festival Grounds in the Estonian capital.
The sails of the iconic Sydney Opera House were lit up in red on Thursday night to mark the beginning of the Chinese Lunar New Year, which is widely celebrated in Australia's Chinese and Asian communities.
The 2021 edition of the Spring Festival Gala, an annual celebration broadcast by China Central Television on Chinese Lunar New Year's Eve, has not only sent festive vibes across the globe, but also conveyed good wishes for the new year, overseas Chinese have said.
Hope, love, encouragement and inspiration are among the biggest takeaways from an uplifting virtual Lunar New Year reception and concert hosted by the Chinese embassy in the United States on Thursday.
Celebrations of the Chinese Lunar New Year worldwide look different this year amid the COVID-19 pandemic, but are still joyous and exciting, conveying the best wishes of people saying goodbye to the Year of the Rat and hello to the Year of the Ox.
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