A Lisu wedding procession made up of members from the bride's side heads for the groom's home in Xinyu village of Dechang county, southwest China's Sichuan province.
Visitors view lanterns during a trial lighting for the 2013 Taipei lantern festival in Taipei, southeast China's Taiwan, Feb 16, 2013.
A Emmy-award winning BBC broadcaster says Chinese people aren't as familiar with their pasts as many believe. 
'Xiaozhuang Pillows' of Qing Dynasty
It might not be easy to think of a nice wish for this zodiac year, but the reptile is an important part of Chinese culture.
Villagers on the northern outskirts of Beijing prosper by swapping fruit trees for colored silk.
First made more than 500 years ago, the paintings represent expectations of a prosperous life.
Before Gaomi became famous as the hometown of Nobel Prize-winning author Mo Yan, the agrarian community was known for master Lunar New Year painter Lu Zhenli.Chinese New Year special
Performers dressed in costumes of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) act during a rehearsal of a performance presenting the ancient royal ritual to worship heaven at the Temple of Heaven in Beijing.
The Chinese embassy in EU and the 4th Brussels European School held an event to introduce Chinese Spring Festival to hundreds of pupils and their parents.
Want to travel off the beaten track to heritage sites? If you think of Peru but not Machu Picchu, Cambodia but not Angkor Wat, India but not the Golden Triangle, here are some choices for you.
Cleansing statues before Chinese Lunar New Year is a custom for Chinese-Indonesians.
Low-pressure pillows have provided a good night's sleep for Genghis Khan's soldiers and modern-day Inner Mongolians.
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