New Year in China: How the holiday is celebrated
Tens of thousands of Brussels residents gathered at a Chinese New Year parade, organized by the Embassy of China to Belgium on Jan 28, 2017.
Rooster is pronounced "ji" in Chinese, similar to the sound of the character meaning good luck. Hence rooster has been seen as an auspicious creature in the Chinese culture.
What do people eat to celebrate the Chinese New Year?
During Spring Festival, Chinese people around the country are wrapping not just fillings in their dumplings, but also love in their hearts.
A world-class tourism destination is taking shape on the island province of Hainan, catering to those in search of culture, countryside, shopping or medical treatment.
Island province proves popular with retirees, residents of northern cities hit by winter air pollution.
Teahouses regain their popularity, especially with the younger generation, after adapting to save their business amid cultural shifts.
Sinkholes must be one of the rarest geological phenomena in the world, since they are formed when carbonate rocks are eroded over a long period of time by an underground river, the water would hollows out the rock which eventually collapses, leaving the process up to 500,000 years to form.
The scarcity of sinkholes means the well-preserved Hanzhong sinkholes are not only of scientific importance, they are also a resource that can be exploited to boost the local economy.
Hanzhong sinkholes beat earlier belief as the northernmost group of karst caves.
The following recipe can produce a Cantonese-style Spring Festival Eve dinner, as gourmet Johnson Wong recommends four "lucky dishes" from Cantonese cuisine.
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