The traditional Chinese lunar calendar divides the year into 24 solar terms. Rain Water this year starts on Feb 19 and ends on Mar 5.
Egypt celebrated Spring Festival before China this year when the Maadi Island Park along the River Nile in Cairo hosted 11,000 locals on Feb 5 for an authentic Chinese experience, starting off with signature dragon and lion dances.
The seven-episode documentary, Super China, won hearts and ratings over 10 percent in South Korea and is praised as the "encyclopedia" for South Koreans to know China.
"Night of Beijing, Happy Chinese New Year" traditional cultural performance was held by the Chinese Ministry of Culture in Istanbul on Friday.
Sydney Mayor Clover Moore and Chinese artist Xia Nan jointly turned on the lights of the lanterns of Terracotta Warriors, one of the most breathtaking components in the history of Sydney's Chinese New Year Festival celebrations on Friday night.
Historical names and old sayings such as "Hutong" ought to be maintained while foreign languages and leaders'and modern people's names should be banned in the place names in Beijing according to the latest rule draft
An original Tibetan music album called Inner Voice was released just days before the Chinese New Year, adding a flash of color to the festival’s accents.
Cao Xueqin’s book A Dream of the Red Mansions, provides a good look at how a noble family in feudal China celebrated the Lunar New Year.
Spring Festival, which falls on the 1st day of the 1st lunar month, is the most important festival in China and a time for family reunion, like Christmas in the West.
Performers attend the parade rehearsal of the Spring Festival temple fair held at Badachu Park in Beijing on Feb 9. The Spring Festival celebration at the park will vividly portray the heritage of the century-old temple fair to the public from Feb 19 to 24.
More than 800 programs of the "Happy Chinese New Year 2015" have so far been staged in 320 cities in 118 countries and regions worldwide, Chinese Minister of Culture, Luo Shugang, said.
The Capital Museum in Beijing has a special exhibition for the Year of the Sheep that begins on Feb 11, or on "Little New Year" ("Xiaonian" in Chinese) to showcase sheep,one of 12 signs of the Chinese zodiac.
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