{"id":1579,"date":"2026-02-10T09:18:54","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T09:18:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=1579"},"modified":"2026-02-10T09:18:54","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T09:18:54","slug":"in-pictures-lunar-new-year-celebrations-sweep-across-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=1579","title":{"rendered":"In pictures: Lunar new year celebrations sweep across China"},"content":{"rendered":"


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China\u2019s annual Spring Festival travel rush, a 40-day period commonly referred to as the world\u2019s largest annual human migration, kicked off on Monday ahead of an extended Lunar New Year<\/a> holiday.<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s Lunar New Year, ushering in the Year of the Horse in the Chinese zodiac, falls on February 17 and will be accompanied by an extra-long nine-day public holiday in China, running from February 15 to 23.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s hoped a longer holiday (last year\u2019s break was eight days long) might prompt Chinese consumers to boost consumption by spending more on travel, meals and more this festival period.<\/p>\n

China expects a record 9.50 billion passenger trips to be made during the 40-day spring festival holiday travel period, higher than the 9.02 billion domestic trips last year, a state planning official said on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Here are some glimpses of Lunar New Year celebrations across China.<\/p>\n

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A vendor selling Spring Festival ornaments works at an outdoor market ahead of the Lunar New Year, in Beijing, China February 10, 2026. \u2014Reuters<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Artists perform traditional folk acrobatics at an outdoor market ahead of the Lunar New Year, in Beijing, China February 10, 2026. \u2014Reuters<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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People interact with folk artists performing lion dance at an outdoor market ahead of the Lunar New Year, in Beijing, China February 10, 2026. \u2014Reuters<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Costumers buy apples at an outdoor market ahead of the Lunar New Year, in Beijing, China February 10, 2026. \u2014Reuters<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A folk performer breathes fire during a performance ahead of Lunar New Year celebrations in a village in Huai\u2019an, in China\u2019s eastern Jiangsu Province on February 7, 2026. \u2014AFP<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A folk artist performs at an outdoor market ahead of the Lunar New Year, in Beijing, China February 10, 2026. \u2014Reuters<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A vendor selling Spring Festival ornaments attends to a customer at an outdoor market ahead of the Lunar New Year, in Beijing, China February 10, 2026. \u2014Reuters<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Folk artists perform lion dance at an outdoor market ahead of the Lunar New Year, in Beijing, China February 10, 2026. \u2014Reuters<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Folk artists perform at an outdoor market ahead of the Lunar New Year, in Beijing, China February 10, 2026. \u2014Reuters<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n


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