For a fifth time, Japan's Tokyo Tower was illuminated in red to celebrate Chinese New Year on Jan 21, complete with a ceremony that included 2023 colorful balloons flying into the sky.
The first day of the first lunar month is Spring Festival, the beginning of a new year for China. Spring Festival for the Year of the Tiger falls on Tuesday.
Chinese overseas students in the UK ushered in the Year of the Rabbit with performances staged in the country's capital.
In this performance, Chinese instrument suona (Chinese double-reed horn) player Zhang Qianyuan joins hands with the Suzhou Symphony Orchestra to present a musical dialogue between Eastern and Western instruments.
Pipa (four-stringed lute) player Zhao Cong plucks the strings to take us on a wonderful journey through time and space.
This performance uses a new perspective to re-interpret tai chi, a UNESCO-listed intangible cultural heritage of China. It advocates a harmonious and united future maintained by tai chi.
The "Face to Face, Pasta to Pasta", an event under the 2022 China-Italy Year of Culture and Tourism, concludes at the Confucius Temple in Nanjing on Jan 14.
The 2023 "Happy Chinese New Year" was launched on Jan 14 at the "Riyadh Season" large-scale theme park in Saudi Arabia. The large screen at the entrance of the park displayed a "Happy Chinese New Year" theme poster.