Red Chinese lanterns suspended between the ancient stone pillars greeted Chinese President Xi Jinping on Jan 21 (local time) when he visited Luxor temple in Egypt.
2016 Happy Chinese New Year is being celebrated in 140 countries and 400 cities around the world.
Chinese New Year celebrations in South Korea kicked off on Jun 17 in Seoul with a variety show, featuring Chinese ethnic charms such as dance, Peking opera, acrobatics, cross talk, magic performance and singing.
Crowds of hundreds cheered, clapped and waved as China's famous Tianjin Art Troupe staged a culturally captivating event in a performance aimed at celebrating the upcoming Lunar New Year in Dhaka.
A girl practices calligraphy at the 2016 Egyptian Exhibition on Chinese Books, Jan 19, 2016.
A press conference for the 2016 Sino-Egyptian Culture Year was held at the National Archives of Egypt in Cairo, Egypt on Jan 15.
A press briefing for "2016 Happy Chinese New Year" was held in Beijing on Jan 15. The briefing was organized by the Ministry of Culture and representatives from the Office of the Cyberspace Administration of China, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and local and transnational enterprises in China were invited.
A series of cultural activities will be held in China and Qatar in 2016 as part of a "Cultural Year" between the two countries, according to the Ministry of Culture on Jan 15.
From Jan 23 to Feb 3, a "Happy Chinese New Year" event will be held to celebrate the Chinese traditional festival in Valletta, Malta.
In 2015, various activities in different forms have been held aiming to strengthen deeper communication between China and other countries.
A group of artists from Central China's Henan province will give performances in Havana at the end of January, the Cuban National Council of Performing Arts announced Friday.
The Chinese Academy of Social Sciences has released China's six top new archaeological discoveries of 2015 on Tuesday.