China celebrates the year of horse

The Lunar New Year, or Spring Festival, began on January 31 and marked the start of the Year of the Horse, according to the Chinese zodiac.

Ancient ceremony re-enacted to pray for good year

Fog dims Spring Festival for some

China's national meteorological authority continued to issue an alert as heavy fog will continue to shroud central and eastern China on Saturday, the second day of a seven-day break for the Chinese to celebrate the on-going Spring Festival.

'Green' fireworks fail to curb pollution

Environmentally friendly fireworks have been introduced in north China's Shanxi Province to protect the environment and create the festival atmosphere at the same time.

Heading for the Horse

Spring Festival celebrations

According to the Chinese lunar calendar, the Chinese New Year, which welcomes the year of the horse, falls on January 31 this year.

The Year of Horse gallops in

Pilar de Borbon from Argentina, Fressy Garcia from Costa Rica and Aymara Balbi from Argentina display calligraphy skills, with the Chinese character for "horse", at Beijing Language and Culture University on Jan 29, two days before Lunar New Year's Day.

Long lunar night wait for moon rover

Chinese scientists will have to wait until the end of a long lunar night, lasting about 14 earth days, to see if repair efforts on the country's first moon rover, dubbed Jade Rabbit, were successful.

What's in your luggage?

Photo taken on Jan. 28, 2014 shows passengers' belongings in their luggages through X-Ray of the security inspection at a bus terminal in Qingdao, East China's Shandong province.

Baidu tracks holiday travel rush

China's search engine giant Baidu.com has been tracking the mass movement of people for the Spring Festival, the Lunar New Year, since January 26.

HK culls chickens, bans live imports for fear of H7N9

Hong Kong began culling 20,000 chickens and suspended imports of fresh poultry from mainland China for 21 days on Tuesday after the discovery of the H7N9 bird flu virus in a batch of live chicken from the southern province of Guangdong.

Relief work after fire in ancient village

Workers repair power lines in Baojing Dong Village of Zhenyuan county, Southwest China's Guizhou province, Jan 27, 2014.