For the migrant workers at all levels, the annual Spring Festival holidays offer the only chance each year to connect with family and friends back home, and to show off the results of 12 months' hard work.
Before Spring Festival arrived on the last day of January, the holiday season was looking rather bleak for China's film industry. Box-office intake for December suffered a 17-percent decline, from 2.55 billion yuan ($421 million) in 2012 to 2.14 billion in 2013, making it the first time in 12 years it failed to maintain its status as the strongest month in box-office revenue.
After a conspicuous and pride-busting absence from the three biggest European film festivals, Chinese movies staged a surprise comeback at the 64th Berlin International Film Festival, known as Berlinale, which runs from Feb 6 to 16. As many as three Chinese films have been selected for the 23-film-strong main competition, including No Man's Land, Ning Hao's dark take on humanity that took four long years to go through the censorship pipeline. The film, which opened on Dec 3, 2013, in China, was both a critical and commercial hit, raking in 260 million yuan at the box office.
The ancient waterways of Jinan are the lifeblood of the city. Li Yang explores the ancient springs that are still cherished by local people.
Were it not for Daming Lake, Jinan's springwater would lose its charm.
Spring Festival revelers in Zhuanghe are snapping up animal lanterns representing the Chinese zodiac sign for the lunar year in which they were born. Zhu Chengpei and Zhang Xiaomin report on the fun and the tradition in Dalian.
You have ordered flowers from Roseonly for your lover, but now you two have broken up. Do you want to send flowers to your new lover?
This year, Lantern Festival, which marks the end of Spring Festival celebrations, falls on the same date as the Western celebration Valentine's Day. But the two festivals may have more in common than first thought. Yuan Quan and Zhou Runjian from China Features report.
While chocolate is the traditional food of love on Valentine's Day, this year you might want to whisper sweet nothings to your other half over yuanxiao, the sweetened rice dumplings traditionally eaten on the Lantern Festival.
Nearly a decade after Yao Yulin had to build a pavilion atop his apartment building because his lamp collection had outgrown his home in 2004, a light bulb went off in his head - he'd open a museum. That idea is set to become a reality in April when the Chengdu Yuyao Ancient Lamp Culture Museum will open in - appropriately - Chengdu's Jinfu Lamp and Lantern Town.
The cultural bond between Chinese and Africans is getting stronger as the latter become more exposed to the rich Chinese culture.
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