More than 3,000 devotees from both sides of the Taiwan Straits attended the worship ceremony of Jade Emperor of Heaven at Tianbao Yuzun Palace in Zhangzhou city of Southeast China's Fujian province in the early morning of Feb 27, 2015.
Appealing both to overseas Chinese and foreigners for its focus on family and optimism, Chinese New Year serves to enhance mutual understanding and plays a significant role in building a peaceful and harmonious world.
On Tuesday, the New York Philharmonic rang in the Year of the Sheep with its fourth annual Chinese New Year concert.
Ma Bin, 35, is a folk artist from Shandong province. He displayed his dough modeling work at his studio, viewing the exquisite creations with satisfaction as he recalled what led him to his special art form.
Chinese New Year is the most important festival in China and people across the country celebrate in many different ways.
The Spring Festival holiday has officially ended and most Chinese have returned to work. This year's break, as always, was packed with events. Here we present the most memorable ones.
To celebrate Chinese New Year, a major English-language newspaper in Australia adopted a Chinese titlepiece on Thursday, the first day of Spring Festival.
The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall opened a new Chinese cultural center in the heart of London's Chinatown on Thursday, the first day of the Chinese New Year.
The traditional Chinese lunar calendar divides the year into 24 solar terms. Rain Water this year starts on Feb 19 and ends on Mar 5.
Egypt celebrated Spring Festival before China this year when the Maadi Island Park along the River Nile in Cairo hosted 11,000 locals on Feb 5 for an authentic Chinese experience, starting off with signature dragon and lion dances.
The seven-episode documentary, Super China, won hearts and ratings over 10 percent in South Korea and is praised as the "encyclopedia" for South Koreans to know China.
"Night of Beijing, Happy Chinese New Year" traditional cultural performance was held by the Chinese Ministry of Culture in Istanbul on Friday.
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