Youths from Fujian and Taiwan write the Chinese character fu, which means blessing or happiness, together during a Fujian-Taiwan youth baseball and softball exchange event that kicked off in Fuzhou, Fujian province, on Feb 7, 2025. Around 30 members of the Taiwan group joined Fuzhou primary and secondary school students in activities including making hairpins, bookmarks and Fuzhou jasmine tea. LYU MING/CHINA NEWS SERVICE
A job fair bustles with job seekers in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, on Feb 8, 2025. Over 6,000 posts from more than 200 enterprises drew crowds of individuals seeking opportunities. LIN YUNLONG/FOR CHINA DAILY
Stilt walkers perform a stunt in Jinan, Shandong province, on Feb 9, 2025, as part of Spring Festival celebrations. Various folk performances have also been staged to welcome Lantern Festival, which falls on Feb 12 this year. [Photo provided to CHINA DAILY]
Farmers pick tea leaves at a plantation in Naxi district of Luzhou, Sichuan province, on Feb 10, 2025. With a tea plantation area of 21,000 hectares, Naxi produces around 24,000 metric tons of tea each year. The district, among regions of the same latitude where tea leaves sprout the earliest, boasts more than 100 high-quality tea processing enterprises, helping increase the per capita annual income of local tea farmers by over 3,000 yuan ($410). LIAO SHENGCHUN/FOR CHINA DAILY
Locals and visitors attend a fish lantern parade in Wangmantian, a village in Shexian county, Anhui province, on Feb 11, 2025 to mark Lantern Festival, which falls on Feb 12 this year. Fish-shaped lanterns boast a history of over 600 years in the village and are an intangible cultural heritage in Anhui. SHI YALEI/FOR CHINA DAILY
Yi ethnic women examine their costumes before a local traditional dress show held as part of the Saizhuang Festival, or Dress Competition Festival, in Yongren county in Chuxiong Yi autonomous prefecture, Yunnan province, on Feb 12, 2025. Every year on the 15th day of the first lunar month, Yi people dressed in their own hand-embroidered costumes gather to sing, dance and participate in a costume beauty competition. The festival showcases the beauty and talents of local women and serves as a meeting place for young people. LI JIAXIAN/CHINA NEWS SERVICE
Tourists have fun at the Harbin Ice and Snow World Park in Harbin, Northeast China's Heilongjiang province, Feb 9, 2025. [Photo/Xinhua]
People purchase kasai and other items for the forthcoming Tibetan New Year at Barkhor market in Lhasa, Xizang autonomous region, on Feb 10, 2025. Kasai is a traditional fried food made of flour, butter and salt to greet Tibetan New Year, or losar. As the holiday approaches, the aroma of freshly made kasai fills the ancient city of Lhasa. KUNGA LESANG/CHINA NEWS SERVICE
People watch lanterns in Beijing, capital of China, Feb 12, 2025. Various activities were held across China to celebrate the Lantern Festival, which falls on the fifteenth day of the first month of the Chinese lunar calendar. [Photo/Xinhua]
Patterns resembling trees, a natural spectacle, are created on the surface of the frozen Qiantang River in Hangzhou, East China's Zhejiang province, on Feb 9, 2025, after a cold wave struck the city. [Photo/VCG]
