The Welcome of the new year in China, starts from the Chinese calendar December 24, on the date people sending kitchen God to heaven to report what happened in the whole year, and ends on Chinese calendar January 15—the Lantern festival.
During the period, people across China hold folk activities and street performances, such as traditional folk opera, folk dance, craft arts exhibition, stilts, lion dance and dragon dance.
Following are some photos taking in China about new year celebrations.
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[caption id=”attachment_80164″ align=”alignright” width=”320″ caption=”Lantern store on the street of Xi