Traditional pancakes served up on holiday

Beijing taxi driver Lu Xingping usually eats out when he gets hungry during his shift, but on Thursday, he drove the 30 minutes back home just to have lunch with his family.

That was because the day was lichun, one of the 24 solar terms in the traditional Chinese lunar calendar that literally means "the beginning of spring".

Lu's family tradition for the festival is making and eating chunbing, or "spring pancakes", which are thin rolls stuffed with vegetables such as bean sprouts, Chinese chives, cabbage and carrots.