Landscape lighting staff debug the red lanterns on Chang'an Avenue, Beijing, Jan 29. With the last Chinese knot being hung high on the edge of the Xinxing Bridge, the layout mission is completed. The red lanterns and Chinese knots will light up Chang'an Avenue during the Spring Festival. [Photoby HAN JING/FOR CHINA DAILY]
Customers buy Spring Festival decorations at Shuangxing Wholesale Market in Dalian, Liaoning, Jan 25. [Photo by LYU WENZHENG/FOR CHINA DAILY]
Villagers from Tantou village, Wuyi county, Zhejiang, spell out the words "New Year Greetings" with colorful taro dumplings, Feb 1. [Photo byZHANG JIANCHENG/FOR CHINA DAILY]
The giant dragon lantern is refurbished in Nanjing, Jiangsu. [Photo by LI WENBAO/FOR CHINA DAILY]
Artists at the culture and art troupe of Haigang town, in Qinhuangdao, Hebei, record a traditional Pingju opera for the festival. [Photo by CAO JIANXIONG/FOR CHINA DAILY]
As the Lunar New Year approaches, folk artist Kan Zongqin from Zaozhuang, Shandong, creates a dough sculpture A Hundred Oxen in Spring, Jan 29. [Photo by JI ZHE/FOR CHINA DAILY]