Spring Festival hits Yuyuan Old Street

By Zhang Tingting: 0 Comment(s)Print E-mail China.org.cn, January 30, 2012

The Chinese Spring Festival is regarded by people in China as the most important annual festival. Families throughout the country gather together to celebrate the start of the lunar year, and the holiday lasts until the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first lunar month, which falls on Feb. 6 this year.

The festival is especially felt in Shanghai, the flourishing commercial city in Southeast China. Take a look at these photos of the celebrations at the city's famous Yuyuan Old Street.

Yuyuan Old Street, one of the 10 major sights in Shanghai, was built during the reign of Ming Emperor Jiajing. Shops dazzle throughout its streets and alleyways, peddling wares such as fans, scissors, brushes, Chinese ink stones and chops carved out of jade or wood, walking sticks and traditional Chinese costumes. [Photo/China.org.cn, Zhang Tingting]