Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, beats a wooden drum of the Wa ethnic group three times to bless the coming year in Sanjia Village in the city of Tengchong, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Jan. 19, 2020.
As the Spring Festival approaches, Chinese Internet enterprises are preparing to give out virtual red envelopes - a tradition of giving and receiving lucky money as gifts - to their users, a practice that has almost become a holiday ritual. (Screenshot from Kuaishou) There will be virtual red envelopes worth more than 5 billion yuan (about 700 million) sent by Chinese Internet companies during the Lunar New Year, according to incomplete statistics.
BEIJING, Jan. 21 (Xinhua) -- Zhang Yan, whose family resides in Beijing, joined the crowds returning home at the Beijing Capital International Airport three days ahead of the Spring Festival, or the Chinese Lunar New Year.
People participate in folk performances at the Chinatown in San Francisco, the United States, Jan. 18, 2020.
