Twenty-third, eat the sticky candy; 24th, clean the house; 25th, fry the tofu; 26th, stew the lamb; 27th, butcher the rooster; 28th, leaven the dough; 29th, steam the buns; and 30th, stay up all night.
The ancient Chinese created the 24 solar terms to guide agricultural activities based on changes in the climate and natural phenomena that greatly influenced many aspects of daily life, including food, clothing and festivals.
While some shops will likely stay shut during the Lunar New Year holiday in Shanghai, the city will nevertheless remain a hive of activity, thanks to the numerous festive events planned. Major shopping and cultural destinations will also remain open throughout the holiday week.
Whether the past year was good or bad, Spring Festival is a time to celebrate for every Chinese person.
A new exhibition celebrating the Year of the Pig opened to the public at the Capital Museum in Beijing on Tuesday. The first day of Lunar New Year falls on Feb 5 this year.
Despite holding its own as the world's second-largest film market for seven years, China has yet to shape a functional system to produce sci-fi blockbusters, a genre that has been led by Hollywood for more than half a century.
One of Hollywood's most popular superheroes, Deadpool, has made his debut on the Chinese mainland long after the franchise kicked off elsewhere, and has topped the nation's box-office charts since the latest movie opened on Jan 25.
While shooting for Hong Kong director Stephen Chow's latest film, The New King of Comedy, actress E Jingwen found most of the days "miserable".
Two people held the woman's feet and threw her in the air. After she completed two descending spins, the duo caught her.
On a cold Saturday morning, 27-year-old Shi Yilei and 27-year-old Di Zhenhua are checking a 12-meter-long "container" in an empty plant of Beijing Dongfeng Electrical Co in Fengtai district, a one-hour ride from downtown Beijing.
Pan Shuo got a cat on Jan 5. It wasn't a rash decision. Rather, he'd wrestled with the idea for more than eight months. "I was afraid to make a commitment," the 31-year-old Beijinger says. "I was so happy to have realized one of my New Year's resolutions when I followed through."
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