Chinese Daily Photos....2019

Ellen by Francis Ho, on Flickr

Ellen by Francis Ho, on Flickr

Ellen by Francis Ho, on Flickr

Ellen by Francis Ho, on Flickr

 

Folk artists perform during a cultural festival in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province, Feb. 6, 2019. Various activities were held across the country to celebrate the Chinese New Year, or Spring Festival, which falls on Feb. 5 this year. (Xinhua/Yu Shaoyue)



An inheritor of sugar-figure blowing performs in Taierzhuang, east China's Shandong Province, Feb. 6, 2019.(Xinhua/Zhang Yanxin)



Folk artists perform at Hongshankou Village of Zunhua City, north China's Hebei Province, Feb. 6, 2019.(Xinhua/Liu Mancang)



Folk artists perform dragon dance in Pingshan County, north China's Hebei Province, Feb. 6, 2019.(Xinhua/Zhang Xiuke)



Folk artists perform lion dance in Taierzhuang, east China's Shandong Province, Feb. 6, 2019. Various activities were held across the country to celebrate the Chinese New Year, or Spring Festival, which falls on Feb. 5 this year. (Xinhua/Gao Qimin)

 

A child looks at a "clay tiger" during a folk culture activity in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province, Feb. 6, 2019. Various activities were held across the country to celebrate the Chinese New Year, or Spring Festival, which falls on Feb. 5 this year. (Xinhua/Yu Shaoyue)



An elderly woman makes tiger-head shoes in Taierzhuang, east China's Shandong Province, Feb. 6, 2019. (Xinhua/Zhang Yanxin)



Folk artists perform lion dance in Taierzhuang, east China's Shandong Province, Feb. 6, 2019.(Xinhua/Gao Qimin)



Tourists visit a fair exhibiting Chinese time-honored brands at the Palace Museum in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 5, 2019, the first day of Chinese Lunar New Year. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)



Little passenger Duan Qingyan (L), 6 years old, pastes a paper-cutting with train conductor Cai Yunying to celebrate the Spring Festival on the high-speed train G360, Feb. 5, 2019. (Xinhua/Chen Fei)

 

A priest takes part in a parade to mark Sonam Loshar in Kathmandu, Nepal on Feb. 5, 2019. Sonam Loshar occurs at the same time as the Chinese Lunar New Year. (Xinhua/Sulav Shrestha)



People dance to celebrate Losar, or Tibetan New Year, and Spring Festival in Lhasa, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, Feb. 5, 2019. (Xinhua/Chogo)



Not everyone is singing ,dancing and partying during the Spring Festival..some folks gotta work..

Railway workers inspect railroad tracks during the Spring Festival travel rush in Shanghai, east China, on Feb. 5, 2019. (Xinhua/Ding Ting)



People dressed in costumes send blessings to tourists on a street in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Feb. 5, 2019, the first day of Chinese Lunar New Year. (Xinhua/Long Wei)



Folk artists perform dragon dance at Renmin park in Yichun, east China's Jiangxi Province, Feb. 5, 2019, the first day of Chinese Lunar New Year. (Xinhua/Liu Jigang)

 

Bridge workers wait for the passing of a train on the Jiujiang Yangtze River Bridge, a double-decked road-rail truss bridge and an important section of Beijing-Kowloon (Jingjiu) Railway in Jiujiang, east China's Jiangxi Province, Jan. 31, 2019. Safety inspections have been strengthened to secure transportation during the 2019 Spring Festival travel rush. (Xinhua/Ding Bo)



A bridge worker checks the Jiujiang Yangtze River Bridge, a double-decked road-rail truss bridge and an important section of Beijing-Kowloon (Jingjiu) Railway in Jiujiang, east China's Jiangxi Province, Jan. 31, 2019. (Xinhua/Ding Bo)



Aerial photo taken on Jan. 31, 2019 shows bridge workers checking the Jiujiang Yangtze River Bridge, a double-decked road-rail truss bridge and an important section of Beijing-Kowloon (Jingjiu) Railway in Jiujiang, east China's Jiangxi Province. (Xinhua/Ding Bo)



Bridge workers walk on the Jiujiang Yangtze River Bridge, a double-decked road-rail truss bridge and an important section of Beijing-Kowloon (Jingjiu) Railway in Jiujiang, east China's Jiangxi Province, Jan. 31, 2019. (Xinhua/Ding Bo)

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Aerial photo taken on Jan. 31, 2019 shows bridge workers checking the Jiujiang Yangtze River Bridge, a double-decked road-rail truss bridge and an important section of Beijing-Kowloon (Jingjiu) Railway in Jiujiang, east China's Jiangxi Province. Safety inspections have been strengthened to secure transportation during the 2019 Spring Festival travel rush. (Xinhua/Ding Bo)

 

Beautiful Photos Hendrik_2000!..For this post you receive the Popeye seal of approval!

 

A tourist with his child on shoulders visits the Ancient Cultural Street in Tianjin, north China, Feb. 5, 2019, the first day of the Chinese Lunar New Year. (Xinhua/Hu Lingyun)



Tourists queue up in front of a traditional dragon-shaped teapot at the Ancient Cultural Street in Tianjin, north China, Feb. 5, 2019, the first day of the Chinese Lunar New Year. (Xinhua/Hu Lingyun)





Tourists visit the Ancient Cultural Street in Tianjin, north China, Feb. 5, 2019, the first day of the Chinese Lunar New Year. (Xinhua/Hu Lingyun)



Tourists watch a folk artist make sugar painting at the Ancient Cultural Street in Tianjin, north China, Feb. 5, 2019, the first day of the Chinese Lunar New Year. (Xinhua/Hu Lingyun)