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Festivity persists amid temperature drop |
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Chilly wind did not sweep away Beijingers' mood for festival joy, they instead were immersed in another round of spree of firecrackers.
Thursday marks the |
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Tourists in Sichuan choose warm places to celebrate Lunar New Year |
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Many citizens in Chengdu, capital of southwest China's Sichuan Province, like to choose those places with comparatively warm or hot weather to spend traditional Chinese |
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Farmers throw off Spring Festival taboos |
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Lu Chenggui even lent a helping hand when his wife packed up for a visit to her parents' house early on Thursday, the fifth day of the Chinese lunar New Year.
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Temple fairs: A tradition renewed |
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They always seemed to be together in old times temples and markets, culture and business, the yin and yang of life.
But the temple fair |
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Hu celebrates New Year with Yan'an people |
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This Spring Festival is special for the people in China's revolutionary base Yan'an in northwest China's Shaanxi Province as Chinese President Hu Jintao joined them in |
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Bang! China enters into festive spirit |
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More than 20,000 cleaners rose early on Sunday morning to clear Beijing's streets strewn thick with exploded firecrackers after exuberant Lunar New Year's Eve |
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Top leaders extend Spring Festival greetings |
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President Hu |
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People across China celebrate lunar New Year |
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Chinese people across the country are holding various activities to mark their lunar New Year, which falls on Sunday.
Residents of Beijing are |
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Top leaders visit farmers on New Year's Eve |
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Chinese President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao both came to farmers' families to celebrate the |
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Wen visits senior non-CPC personages |
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As China's Spring Festival, or Chinese Lunar New Year which falls on Jan. 29, draws near, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao paid special visits to three senior non- |
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Foreign children experience Chinese New Year |
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Wuxi Taihu International School in Jiangsu Province held an activity called "experience vibrant Chinese New Year" on January 25, congregating more than 70 children from 18 |
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Migrants' children receive Spring Festival gifts |
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Quilts, winter clothing, schoolbags and books piled up the small campus of a school for migrant workers' children in Haidian District in northwestern Beijing as the |
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Vegetable, fowl prices soar before Spring Festival |
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Vegetable prices in major Chinese cities have increased rapidly before the Spring Festival, which falls on Jan. 29 this year, the Department of Market Operation under |
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Aids pour in to senior citizens as new year draws near |
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Xu Peifang, 68, a retired engineer who lives in Jing'an District, Shanghai, might find it easier to pull through these days when various kinds of aids are pouring in |
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Inmates allowed family reunion for Spring Festival |
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Zhai Jun could hardly hold back his tears before his parents, who came to take him home for the imminent traditional Spring Festival-- the first time since he was |
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Officials asked to aid "people in difficulty" during Spring Festival |
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An executive meeting of China's State Council held on Tuesday asked governments at various levels to take care of the people, especially"people in difficulty", during |
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Shanghai grants inmates to visit families during New Year |
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Shanghai Prison Administration has granted inmates permission to visit their families during the upcoming Chinese Lunar New Year, which falls on Jan. 29.
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Painting exhibit marks Chinese New Year |
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An exhibition of traditional Chinese painting opened Friday in this capital city of northeast China's Liaoning Province, with a theme to review 20th century's painting |
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Festival dinnerbookings hot in Shenzhen |
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Larger restaurants in Shenzhen are expected to be full on Chinese lunar New Year's Eve as most people prefer to have their New Year's meal at restaurants although some will order |
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Lunar New Year banquet priced $24,444 sparks debate |
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A restaurant in Hangzhou, capital of Zhejiang Province, will provide an extremely luxurious banquet worth 198,000 yuan(24,444 U.S. dollars) for the traditional Spring |
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Hangzhou citizens reject dear New Year's eve dinners |
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A restaurant in east China's Hangzhou city is promoting a series of extravagant dinners for the traditional Spring Festival Eve, with the most expensive reaching over 24 thousand |
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HK issues special stamps for lunar New Year |
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Hong Kong Post Sunday issued the "Year of the Dog" Special Stamps and the first day covers to mark the approaching lunar New Year on Jan. 29, the most important |
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Taiwanese release sky lanterns |
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Revelers release paper lanterns Saturday, Feb. 4, 2006 in Pinghsi, Taipei county, Taiwan.
According to the legend, people in the remote village of Pinghsi used paper lanterns |
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Shenyang Palace stages imeprial celebrations |
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Four Chinese women dressed as ladies-in-waiting of Qing Dynasty walks in Shenyang Imperial Palace as part of the performance mimicking the New Year's celebrations in the imperial palace in |
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Fan dance at temple fair |
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A Chinese man dances during the Daguanyuan Temple Fair in Beijing, February 2, 2006.
People in China continue to enjoy their annual week-long Spring Festival holiday after |
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Snow sculpture in Harbin |
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Overseas Chinese celebrate Spring Festival (4) |
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An overseas Chinese celebrates China's lunar New Year known as Spring Festival in New York Jan. 29, 2006.
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Overseas Chinese celebrate Spring Festival (3) |
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Overseas Chineses in Brazil and local people play the dragon dance in downtown Sao Paulo, Brazil, Jan. 29, 2006. A New Year gala was held in downtown Sao Paulo on Jan. 29, the China's lunar |
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Overseas Chinese celebrate Spring Festival (2) |
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South African boys and girls perform local dance at a Chinese temple in Johannesburg, January 29, 2006. A temple fair celebrating Chiense Lunar New year was held in the temple, which |
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Overseas Chinese celebrate Spring Festival (1) |
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A British man acting Chinese fortune god participate in the parade celebrating Chinese Spring Festival in london, January 29.
The grand parade streaming along from China Town to |
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HK fireworks display |
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Fireworks are set off over Hong Kong's Victoria Harbour in conjunction with Chinese Lunar New Year celebrations in Hong Kong, January 30, 2006.
Hundreds of thousands people |
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Disneyland marks New Year |
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Mickey Mouse dressed in Chinese traditional outfit poses with a girl during the first day of Chinese Lunar New Year at Hong Kong Disneyland, January 29, 2006.
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China in festival mood (7) |
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A local family set off firecrackers to celebrate the Chinese lunar new year in front of their house in Hangzhou, capital of east China's Zhejiang Province Jan. 28.
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China in festival mood (6) |
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Sculptures acted by men are seen during the opening ceremony of the 21th Beijing Ditan Temple Fair in Beijing on Jan. 28.
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China in festival mood (5) |
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A retired woman shows up her paper-cut works to celebrate the Chinese lunar Dog year in Jinan, capital of north China's Shandong Province Jan. 27. (Xinhua)
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China in festival mood (4) |
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Colorful lights illuminate the night view of Yangzhou, a small and beautiful city in east China's Jiangsu Province Jan. 28, the Chinese Spring Festival Eve.(Xinhua)
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China in festival mood (3) |
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An ethnic nationality man plays ethnic drum to celebrate the Spring Festival, the Chinese lunar new year in Kunming, capital of southwest China's Yunnan Province Jan. 29. (Xinhua)
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China in festival mood (2) |
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Locals wearing in folk masks stage traditional dances to celebrate the Spring Festival in Fuzhou Jan. 29.
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China in festival mood (1) |
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To celebrate the Spring Festival, a grand manchu imperial rite is held in Beijing's renowned tourism attraction, the Summer Palace Jan. 29, the first day of Chinese lunar dog year.
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Chinese New Year celebrated in Vancouver |
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Benjamin Fieschi-Rose takes a look under a Chinese dragon head as he makes his way to watch the Chinese New Year Parade in Vancouver, B.C., on Sunday, Jan. 29, 2006. Thousands of people lined |
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Reach for "Fu" |
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'Fu' coming |
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Upcoming "Dog's year" |
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Spring Festival gala held in Hollywood |
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Toy dogs on display |
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Looking forward to New Year |
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Let every DOG have its day |
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Every dog has its day, but as far as the Chinese lunar calendar is concerned, dogs have 365 of them every 12 years.
The next Year of the Dog starts on |
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Chinese New Year |
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The Chinese New Year has a great history.
The origin of the Chinese New Year is itself centuries old - in fact, too old to actually be traced. It is popularly recognised as |
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Ancient ways of welcoming lunar New Year |
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Preparations for the lunar New Year traditionally started well in advance of New Year's Day. The seven days before New Year's Eve were set aside for the annual |
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