The New Year countdown celebration and Beijing's 4th Ice and Snow Festival are held at Beijing Shougang Industrial Park on Dec 31, 2019. [Photo by Wu Xiaohui/chinadaily.com.cn]
Young women take selfies at the New Year countdown celebration held at Beijing Shougang Industrial Park on Dec 31, 2019. [Photo by Wu Xiaohui/chinadaily.com.cn]
Frank Ross, Lord Provost of Edinburgh, Scotland, delivers his best wishes for Chinese at the New Year countdown celebration held at Beijing Shougang Industrial Park on Dec 31, 2019. [Photo by Wu Xiaohui/chinadaily.com.cn]
People hold large cutouts to celebrate New Year’s Day of 2020 on the giant ice rink at the Summer Palace. The area opened for ice skating and related skating activities on Jan 1, 2020. [Photo by Jiang Dong/chinadaily.com.cn]
The ice rink at the Summer Palace, which opened on Jan 1, 2020, is the place to be for winter fun on New Year’s Day. [Photo by Jiang Dong/chinadaily.com.cn]
Tourists enjoy a New Year snow sprinkling event in Hemu Village, best known for its snow scenery, in Burqin County of Altay, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Jan. 1, 2020. (Xinhua/Song Yanhua)
Tourists ride a horse-drawn sled in Hemu Village, best known for its snow scenery, in Burqin County of Altay, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Dec. 31, 2019. (Xinhua/Song Yanhua)
Workers work on a production line of CRRC Tangshan Co., Ltd., in Tangshan, north China's Hebei Province, Dec. 31, 2019. As one of the major railway equipment manufacturing companies in China, the CRRC Tangshan Co., Ltd., has played a role in stimulating relevant industries to develop in Fengrun District of Tangshan City, where the company is located. There are 75 rail transit equipment manufacturers in Tangshan and they can yield an annual revenue of more than 20 billion yuan (2.87 billion U.S. dollars). (Xinhua/Yang Shiyao)
The New Year countdown celebration and Beijing's 4th Ice and Snow Festival are held at Beijing Shougang Industrial Park on Dec 31, 2019. [Photo by Wu Xiaohui/chinadaily.com.cn]
Students enjoy a snow ball fight with their teacher at the Bird's Nest stadium during the annual Happy Ice and Snow Carnival, on Jan 2, 2020. [Photo by Wei Xiaohao/chinadaily.com.cn]
Students from Changping No 2 High School of Beijing learn to ski on the snowy square outside the National Stadium, aka the Bird's Nest, during the annual Happy Ice and Snow Carnival, on Jan 2, 2020. [Photo by Wei Xiaohao/chinadaily.com.cn]
Students slide down an ice slide at the Bird's Nest stadium during the annual Happy Ice and Snow Carnival on Jan 2, 2020. [Photo by Wei Xiaohao/chinadaily.com.cn]
Students experience skiing at the Bird's Nest stadium during the annual Bird's Nest Happy Ice and Snow Carnival, on Jan 2, 2020. [Photo by Wei Xiaohao/chinadaily.com.cn]
Students play with inflatable rings on the snowy square outside the National Stadium, aka the Bird's Nest, during the annual Happy Ice and Snow Carnival, on Jan 2, 2020. [Photo by Wei Xiaohao/chinadaily.com.cn]
More than 3,000 students from across Beijing enjoyed themselves on the first day of the annual Bird's Nest Happy Ice and Snow Carnival at the National Stadium, aka the Bird's Nest, which kicked off on Thursday and will last till Feb 16. It offers over 20 kinds of ice and snow-based recreational games, including ice slides, skiing and snowball fights. Admission is free for children and teenagers under the age of 17, to encourage more young people to participate in winter sports.
Children enjoy Laba porridge at Xuanzang Temple in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, Jan 2, 2020, which marks the traditional Laba Festival in China. The Laba Festival is considered a prelude to the Spring Festival and one tradition says that eating the porridge will bring happiness in the coming year. [Photo by Cui Xiao for chinadaily.com.cn]
A parent feeds his child Laba porridge at Yonghe Lama Temple in Beijing, Jan 2, 2020, which marks the traditional Laba Festival in China. [Photo by Wang Jing/chinadaily.com.cn]
A foreign disciple of the Shaolin Temple, located at the foot of Songshan Mountain, Henan province, gives Laba porridge to people, Jan 2, 2020. [Photo by Yuan Xiaoqiang for chinadaily.com.cn]
Sanitation workers enjoy free breakfast and Laba porridge at a restaurant in Xi'an, Shaanxi province, Jan 2, 2020. [Photo by Yuan Jingzhi for chinadaily.com.cn]
Children dressed like mice enjoy Laba congee at Xuanzang Temple in Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu province, Jan 2, 2020. The Laba Festival, literally the eighth day of the 12th lunar month, is considered a prelude to the Spring Festival, or Chinese Lunar New Year. The coming Chinese New Year is the Year of the Rat. (Photo: China News Service/ Yang Bo)
Giant pandas eat bamboo leaves at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in Chengdu, capital of southwest China's Sichuan Province, Jan. 1, 2020. Many tourists came to see the giant pandas during the New Year holiday. (Photo by Xie Yi/Xinhua)
