On February 4, artists from Guanshankou Village, Tangquan Manchu Township, Zunhua City, Hebei Province performed a Taiping Che folk program. Xinhua News Agency (photo by Li Lei).
February 4 is the beginning of the Spring Festival, and a variety of folk activities are held in various places to welcome the New Year.
On February 4, in the Dongsheng Community Activity Room of Guangming Road Street, Zaozhuang City, Shandong Province, two children ate radish to "bite spring". Xinhua News Agency (photo by Sun Zhongzhe).
On February 4, in the second textile community of Taiping Road Street, Fengrun District, Tangshan City, Hebei Province, children were eating radishes to "bite spring". Xinhua News Agency (photo by Zhu Dayong).
On February 4, artists from Guanshankou Village, Tangquan Manchu Township, Zunhua City, Hebei Province performed a Taiping Che folk program. Xinhua News Agency (photo by Li Lei).
On February 4th, paper-cutting enthusiasts cut paper-cutting in the Guangzong County Library in Xingtai City, Hebei Province to welcome the beginning of spring. Xinhua News Agency (photo by Zhang Chi).
On February 4, farmers in Zhuyang Street, Dazhu County, Dazhou City, Sichuan Province, "ploughed spring cattle" in the field, praying for smooth weather and abundant grains in the new year. Xinhua News Agency (photo by Deng Liangkui).
On February 4, in the Chengshantou Scenic Area of Rongcheng City, Shandong Province, folk artists were performing fishermen's Yangge and juggling performances. Xinhua News Agency (photo by Li Xinjun).
On February 4, in the second textile community of Taiping Road Street, Fengrun District, Tangshan City, Hebei Province, children were eating radishes to "bite spring". Xinhua News Agency (photo by Zhu Dayong).
On February 4, in the Chengshantou Scenic Area of Rongcheng City, Shandong Province, folk artists were performing fishermen's Yangge, juggling and dragon dance. Xinhua News Agency (photo by Li Xinjun).
On February 4, residents of Longquan Community, Tancheng Street, Tancheng County, Linyi City, Shandong Province, showed their spring cakes. Xinhua News Agency (photo by Zhang Chunlei).
On February 4, residents of Longquan Community, Tancheng Street, Tancheng County, Linyi City, Shandong Province, explained the meaning of "Spring Chicken" to their children. In some areas of southern Lunan, there is a custom of wearing "spring chicken" for children on the beginning of spring, which means strong growth, auspiciousness and peace. Xinhua News Agency (photo by Zhang Chunlei).
On February 4, in the series of folk activities of "Fighting Spring Cattle" held by the county government in Neixiang, Henan, the "county order" dressed up by the staff was presenting spring cakes and spring chickens to tourists. Xinhua News Agency (photo by Zhang Zhongli).
On February 4, the villagers of Dongyu Village, a traditional cultural project, performed the Dongyu car lamp in the southern mountainous area of Xidong Street, Zouping City, Shandong Province. Xinhua News Agency (photo by Dong Naide).
On February 4, residents of Huangshui Town, Shuangliu District, Chengdu City, Sichuan Province, held a "Spring Cow Hunting" activity to pray for the peace of the country. Xinhua News Agency (photo by Li Xiangyu).
*Xinhua.
Edited by Liu Juan.
Second instance Li Jie.
Third trial Zhou Wenjun.