The Rixing Type Foundry in Taipei boasts the last collection of copper molds used in the creation of traditional Chinese type characters. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]
A woman applies oil-based ink on the ink plate of a manual printing press in Wu Fen Shu, a letterpress workshop in Hangzhou, East China's Zhejiang province. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]
A woman works on a Chandler & Price letterpress machine in Wu Fen Shu, a letterpress workshop in Hangzhou, East China's Zhejiang province. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]
British-Chinese performers take part in London’s New Year’s Day Parade, Jan. 1, 2020. The 34th London’s New Year’s Day Parade kicked off in central London from 12 pm to 3:20 pm on the first day of 2020.Thousands of performers, including dancers, acrobats, cheerleaders, marching bands and historic vehicles across the world, participated in the event.
It was the third time that British Chinese community had been invited. London’s New Year’s Day Parade had raised more than 1 million pounds for clarity since the first started in 1987.
A bowl of river snail rice noodle is served at a restaurant in Liuzhou, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Jan. 2, 2020. Combining traditional food materials of the Han people with Miao and Dong ethnic groups, river snail rice noodles, or "Luosifen" in Chinese, is a dish of rice noodles boiled with pickled bamboo shoots, dried turnip, fresh vegetables and peanuts in spiced river snail soup.(Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)
Photo shows villagers collecting river snails for making river snail rice noodle in Longling Village of Rongshui Miao Autonomous County of Liuzhou, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)
Workers pack instant river snail rice noodles at a factory in Liuzhou, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Jan. 2, 2020. (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)
Young women eat river snail rice noodles at a restaurant in Liuzhou, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Jan. 2, 2020. (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)
Workers process pickled bamboo shoots, an indispensable ingredient of the rice noodle, at a factory in Liuzhou, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Jan. 2, 2020. (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)
Pedestrians walk on a road in Beijing on Monday morning as the city is covered in white after a heavy snow over night. [Photo by Geng Feifei/chinadaily.com.cn]
A man rides a bicycle in snow in Pingyao Ancient City, north China's Shanxi Province, Jan. 5, 2020.
Founded in the 14th century, the Ancient City of Pingyao is an exceptionally well-preserved example of a traditional Han Chinese City, which was named a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1997. (Xinhua/Zhan Yan)
An exhibitor displays meat products during a tourism and New Year shopping festival in Nanning, capital of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Jan. 4, 2020. The festival is held in Nanning from Jan. 4 to 19. (Xinhua/Zhang Ailin)
An exhibitor displays agricultural products during a tourism and New Year shopping festival in Nanning, capital of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Jan. 4, 2020.. (Xinhua/Zhang Ailin)
A visitor selects food during a tourism and New Year shopping festival in Nanning, capital of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Jan. 4, 2020. (Xinhua/Zhang Ailin)
A visitor selects clothes during a tourism and New Year shopping festival in Nanning, capital of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Jan. 4, 2020. (Xinhua/Zhang Ailin)
A visitor selects ornaments during a tourism and New Year shopping festival in Nanning, capital of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Jan. 4, 2020.(Xinhua/Zhang Ailin)