The Miao people hold a festival to celebrate the new year in Rongshui Miao autonomous county of South China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, on Dec 21, 2019. [Photo by Zhong Huilong/for chinadaily.com.cn]
Thousands of tourists gathered at Shuanglonggou scenic area to celebrate a big festival of the Miao ethnic group.
The Miao people have the tradition to perform dances and play the lusheng, a folk instrument, to celebrate the Miao New Year in late December, in Rongshui Miao autonomous county of South China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region. This year the festival fell on Dec 21.
People visit the 21st edition of Ice-Snow World in Harbin, capital of Northeast China's Heilongjiang province, Dec 23, 2019. [Photos by Guo Junfeng/chinadaily.com.cn]
Pupils show their handicraft with "honesty" written in Chinese on it at Xiangzhangyayuan Primary School in Hefei, capital of east China's Anhui Province, Dec. 25, 2019. The primary school on Wednesday carried out an event to welcome the new year by integrating handicrafts with traditional virtues. (Xinhua/Liu Junxi)
Artwork of jingtailan, or cloisonnéenamel, are showcased at a museum in Beijing on Dec. 12, 2019. (Photo/Xinhua)
Jingtailan, the world-renowned cloisonnéenamel representing one of China's most time-honored forms of art, has undergone a revival in the modern era, thanks to the efforts and wisdom of Chinese craftsmen.
Tourists in northwest China's Zhaosu County in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, witnessed a splendid scene of tens of thousands of horses galloping in a snowy grassland. Zhaosu County is dubbed by Chinese people as the "Home to Horses from Heaven". Normally, these horses are fed in stables.
Herdsmen occasionally release them to run on the vast grassland to exercise their bodies, which has gradually become one of the main attractions for tourists. In winter, the local government regularly gathers these horses together to form a grand scene the majestic creatures thundering across the grassland. (Photos: China News Service/Li Wenwu)
Aerial photo shows tourists visiting the Hukou Waterfall scenic spot in Jixian, north China's Shanxi Province, Dec. 24, 2019. Hukou waterfall is located on the border area between north China's Shanxi and northwest China's Shaanxi provinces. (Xinhua/Yang Chenguang)
A carved wood version of one of China's most famous paintings, Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival, debuts in southwest China’s Chongqing municipality, December 25, 2019. Carved from a 3.27-meter-high, 0.99-meter-wide and 2.01-meter-tall thuja wood, the sculpture takes a craftsman from Chongqing working two years to complete.
The masterpiece depicts 300 people with individual expressions and postures going about their bustling daily lives. Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival is one of the 10 most famous ancient Chinese paintings and has been long crowned as China's top artistic classic. It was created by famous painter Zhang Zeduan during the Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127). (Photos: China News Service/ Zhong Xin)
The aerial photo taken on December 25, 2019 shows greenhouses at South China Botanical Garden in Guangzhou, South China’s Guangdong province. The structure of those greenhouses looks like flowers. As one of the largest greenhouse complex in the world, the garden is crowded with over 3,500 kinds of rare plants. (Photo: China News Service/Ji Dong)
Visitors enjoy the light show in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, December 24, 2019. A light festival opens in the city’s Happy Valley Park on Tuesday. (Photos: China News Service/ Zhang Chang)
Photo taken on Dec 23, 2019 shows a fleet of buses carrying villagers migrating from Shuanghu County, Nagchu city, Southwest China's Tibet autonomous region. [Photo/Xinhua]
Photo taken on Dec 23, 2019 shows Dekyi, a 53-year-old villager of Shuanghu county, Nagchu city, Southwest China's Tibet autonomous region, on her migration trip.[Photo/Xinhua]
Photo taken on Dec 23, 2019 in the south bank of the Yarlung Zangbo River, shows new houses built for villagers migrating from Shuanghu county, Nagchu city, Southwest China's Tibet autonomous region.[Photo/Xinhua]
Photo taken on Dec 23, 2019, shows a 7-month-old baby from Shuanghu county, Nagchu city, Southwest China's Tibet autonomous region, on the migration trip. [Photo/Xinhua]
An 80-year-old villager (C) migrated from Shuanghu county, Nagchu city, southwest China's Tibet autonomous region, stands in front of her new home with relatives on Dec 23, 2019. [Photo/Xinhua]
Welcome to new home! A total of 2,900 villagers travelled about 1000 km to resettle in a more livable place in southern Tibet.
LHASA -- A total of 2,900 villagers from three villages of Shuanghu county, have recently left their hometown with an average altitude of 5,000 meters above sea level and travelled nearly 1,000 kilometers to resettle in Konggar county, which, at a relatively low altitude, is located to the south bank of the Yarlung Zangbo River in southern Tibet.