A foreign tourist poses with a performer wearing a Peking Opera costume, while visiting the bustling Qianmen commercial area in Beijing on Feb 25, 2026. CHEN QIANG/FOR CHINA DAILY
Tourists enjoy boating on Fuxian Lake in Yuxi city, Yunnan province on Jan 27, 2026. The lake, shimmering with blue waves in winter, offers charming scenery and attracts many visitors. [Photo/Xinhua]
People watch song and dance performances at Beihu marketplace in Rizhao, Shandong province, on Jan 28, 2027. As Spring Festival approaches, countryside fairs across the nation are brimming with a festive atmosphere. People gather to sing and dance, bustling through markets amid a cheerful atmosphere as they stock up on festive goods. [Photo provided to China Daily]
A winter's night sky is photographed at the Botanical Garden in Yimei district, Yichun city, Heilongjiang province on Jan 27. Amid the deep cold of winter, China's northernmost province of Heilongjiang enters its prime season for stargazing. [Photo/Xinhua]
Cheng Jungang, a staff member of the EMU operation workshop at the Xining Depot of China Railway Qinghai-Tibet Group, inspects a pantograph on January 27. As the Spring Festival travel rush approaches, employees from the EMU workshop and the integrated units of the depot have intensified inspection and maintenance of bullet trains, working to promptly eliminate potential hazards and ensure safe passenger travel. [Photo/Xinhua]
Shoppers pick out festive decorations at a market in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, on January 28, 2026. With Spring Festival nearing, markets nationwide are busy as people shop for holiday goods and visit New Year fairs in preparation for the upcoming celebrations. [Photo/Xinhua]
Employees at a Huabobo workshop in Lianyungang, Jiangsu province, livestream sales of festive steamed buns for the Lunar New Year, on Jan 28, 2026. [Photo/Xinhua]
Giant panda Xiao Xiao is pictured at the Ya'an base of China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda in Southwest China's Sichuan province on Jan 28, 2026. [Photo by Li Chuanyou/for chinadaily.com.cn]
Sculptors carve plant-dyed ice sculptures at the Harbin Ice and Snow World in Harbin, Northeast China's Heilongjiang province, Jan 28, 2026. Using plant-dyed ice for carving, ice sculptors brought a fresh visual experience to the art of ice sculpture at this year's Harbin Ice and Snow World. [Photo/Xinhua]
Visitors glide across the ice on sleds during an event at the Lakefront Reading Garden in Zhenluoying town, Pinggu district of Beijing on Jan 28. The "2026 Pinggu Peach Charm Zhenluoying Second Ice and Snow Carnival" officially opened at the garden on the same day. Throughout the carnival, guests can enjoy various winter activities such as ice sledding and curling. [Photo/Xinhua]
