Ditan Park temple fair embraces Chinese New Year
Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, on Sunday conveyed condolences to the victims in the strong earthquake that struck southern Taiwan on early Saturday.
A flash mob featuring a hundred performers in monkey costumes makes an appearance to celebrate the arrival of the Chinese New Year in Times Square on Manhattan, New York, the United States, Feb 6, 2016.
Photo taken on Feb 7, 2016 shows the Chinese icebreaker "Xuelong", or Snow Dragon, stops at the McMurdo Sound on the Ross Sea in Antarctica. The icebreaker reached the Ross Sea for scientific research.
Lunar New Year's Eve, 5:30 am, National Flag Guard soldiers are up early to start their daily one-hour practice in Beijing, on the last day of the Year of the Sheep. More than 30 form a flag-raising team which takes the flag from the Meridian Gate in the Forbidden City to Tiananmen Square.
There is always a dish that best represents the holiday in people's minds. Each area of the country has its own distinctive dish that is deemed indispensible at this time of year.
The mainland's Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits sent a letter to Straits Exchange Foundation offering rescue assistance if needed.
Everything on the "Wall of Kindness" is free to those who need it, giving the city's homeless and impoverished residents a chance to dress themselves in warm clothes amid the recent cold.
Recently, some young innovators in Guokr Lab created a robot for grabbing envelopes. Guokr Lab, a project of Guokr.com, was founded in 2011.
The traditional Chinese lunar calendar divides the year into 24 solar terms. Start of Spring, the first solar term of the year, begins this year on Feb 4 and ends on Feb 18.
A Chinese artist has recently caused quick a stir online by his startlingly delicate artworks created on pencil leads.
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