Performances held across China to celebrate Spring Festival

By Globaltimes.cn, Published: 2017-02-02 17:25:21

Actors perform a waist drum dance to celebrate the Chinese lunar new year at Tang Paradise Park in Xi'an, Northwest China's Shaanxi Province on February 1. Photo: CFP

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Performers create flower-like patterns with sparks to celebrate the Chinese New Year in Anyang, Henan Province on February 1. Photo: CFP

People perform a dragon dance at Zhoushan, East China's Zhejiang Province on February 1. Photo: CFP

Villagers put on a lion dance on tables in Longtangba village, Zunyi, Southwest China’s Guizhou Province on January 31. Photo: CFP

Hundreds of thousands of local residents swarm to light incense and pray for fortune and happiness at Guiyuan Temple in Wuhan, Hebei Province on February 1, the fifth day of the first Chinese lunar month. It also marks the birthday of the “God of Wealth,” according to Chinese tradition. Photo: CFP

A performer dances a traditional folk dance during the first New Year Temple Fair in Jingwu Gate ? Chinese Kungfu Garden in Tianjin on February 1. Photo: CFP