Chinese Daily Photos of 2022!!

A volunteer helps take care of a child at Changsha Railway Station in Changsha, central China's Hunan Province, Jan. 17, 2022. (Xinhua/Chen Zeguo)



A child poses for a photo at Hohhot East Railway Station in Hohhot, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Jan. 17, 2022. (Xinhua/Zhu Wenzhe)



Staff members give New Year gifts to passengers at Guiyang Railway Station in Guiyang, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Jan. 17, 2022. (Xinhua/Tao Liang)



A child interacts with a robot at Shijiazhuang Railway Station in Shijiazhuang, north China's Hebei Province, Jan. 17, 2022. (Xinhua/Yue Wenting)



Passengers prepare to board a train in Harbin Railway Station in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Jan. 17, 2022. (Xinhua/Xie Jianfei)

Passengers wait to check in at Harbin Railway Station in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Jan. 17, 2022.

China's 2022 Spring Festival travel season is expected to see 1.18 billion passenger trips, up 35.6 percent year on year, but 20.3 percent lower than that of 2020, the Ministry of Transport has said.

The 40-day travel season, also known as chunyun, kicked off Monday and many people will travel to reunite with their families for the Lunar New Year, or the Spring Festival, which falls on Feb. 1 this year. (Xinhua/Xie Jianfei)



Calligraphers give New Year gifts of Chinese character "Fu", meaning good luck in English, to passengers at Nanjing South Railway Station in Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu Province, Jan. 17, 2022. (Xinhua/Li Bo)



A puppet is hung on the train G6737 at Beijing West Railway Station in Beijing, capital of China, Jan. 17, 2022. (Xinhua/Zhang Chenlin)



A railway policewoman checks luggage on the train D3956 from Beihai in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region to Dali in southwest China's Yunnan Province, Jan. 17, 2022.
(Xinhua/Lu Boan)



A passenger walks at Changzhou Railway Station in east China's Jiangsu Province, Jan. 17, 2022. (Photo by Shi Kang/Xinhua)

People line up to buy food at a booth in Xi'an, capital of northwest China's Shaanxi Province, Jan. 17, 2022. People's life in Xi'an has been gradually back on track in some parts of the city as the new locally-transmitted COVID-19 cases dropped to single digits in a sixth consecutive day on Sunday. (Xinhua/Tao Ming)



Staff members prepare food for delivery at a snack booth in Xi'an, capital of northwest China's Shaanxi Province, Jan. 17, 2022. (Xinhua/Tao Ming)



People have their hair cut at an open-air area in Xi'an, capital of northwest China's Shaanxi Province, Jan. 17, 2022.. (Xinhua/Tao Ming)




Residents shop at a supermarket in Qujiang New District of Xi'an, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, Jan. 15, 2022. People's daily life gradually returns to normal in several areas of Xi'an as the COVID-19 outbreak has basically subsided. (Xinhua/Tao Ming)



Residents queue up to shop at a supermarket in Qujiang New District of Xi'an, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, Jan. 15, 2022. (Xinhua/Tao Ming)

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People enjoy a hotpot gathering by the Yangtze River in Chongqing's Jiulong district. [Photo by Liu Song/For China Daily]

Chongqing in southwestern China is famous for its spicy hotpot. And deservedly so.

It can be found everywhere. Served on beaches along the Yangtze River, in the woods behind the hilly city, hidden away down narrow lanes and under bridges, and even in some of Chongqing's bomb shelters left over from the 1940s, it dominates the city's culinary scene.

First invented by porters and boaters working in the docks along the Yangtze River during the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), who put all the ingredients into a single pot of spicy, bubbling soup, conveniently allowing them to eat on their boats, it is now popular all across the country.

Thinly sliced lamb or beef, offal, seafood and vegetables, almost any kind of ingredients can be cooked in the sizzling pots of spicy soup, making Chongqing hotpot a dish that caters to everyone.



People enjoy hotpots in a restaurant on the bank of the Yangtze River in Chongqing's Yuzhong district. [Photo by Liu Song/For China Daily]



People have hotpot at a restaurant decorated as a bookstore in Yuzhong. [Photo by Liu Song/For China Daily]



A hotpot banquet is held in a car display hall in Nan'an district. [Photo by Liu Song/For China Daily]



A hotpot restaurant hidden in an underground bomb shelter in Yuzhong district draws customers. [Photo by Liu Song/For China Daily]

Foreign experts get a hands-on experience on paper-cutting at Guangxi International Paper Arts Center in Nanning, capital of the South China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, on Sunday. [Photos provided to chinadaily.com.cn]




Some 20 foreign experts from seven countries, including the United States, France, Indonesia, Thailand, were invited to celebrate the upcoming Lunar New Year with paper-cutting in Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, on Sunday.



In China, pasting paper-cuttings, an intangible heritage of China, on windows or doors is an tradition during the festival.



Foreign experts get a hands-on experience on paper-cutting at Guangxi International Paper Arts Center in Nanning, capital of the South China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, on Sunday. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

Light installations featuring the tiger, the Chinese zodiac animal for the upcoming lunar year, were set up as part of the annual lantern show at Yuyuan Garden, a historical tourist site in Shanghai, on Jan 17, 2022. [Photos/IC]




The annual lantern show at Yuyuan Garden, a historic tourist site in Shanghai, will kick off on Tuesday and run through Feb 28.



Light installations featuring the tiger, the Chinese zodiac animal for the upcoming lunar year, will be set up in the main plaza.