Lantern Festival brings festive outdoor fun 02-06 20:42 Despite a new round of cold weather gripping parts of central and eastern China, people around the country are getting out of their homes to celebrate the Lantern Festival, with a variety of lantern shows, firework displays and artistic performances slated for the holiday. Mexico offers greetings on Chinese lunar New Year, anniversary of ties 01-31 18:56 Mexico's Deputy Foreign Minister Maria de Lourdes Aranda on Monday offered greetings to China on the lunar New Year of the Dragon, and the 40th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two countries. More

Highlight  >>  Spring Festival Spring Festival, which falls on the first day of the first lunar month, is the most important festival for the Chinese people and is when all family members get together, just like Christmas in the West.

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