On January 21, a customer shopped for the New Year's festive ornaments in a commercial and trading center in Daoxian County. As the Spring Festival of the Year of the Dragon draws near, people were busy picking up festive ornaments such as spring couplets, Chinese character "fu" (meaning "blessing" in English), and lanterns, to welcome the upcoming new year. (Photo/Jiang Keqing)

On January 21, customers shopped for the New Year's festive ornaments in a commercial and trading center in Daoxian County. As the Spring Festival of the Year of the Dragon draws near, people were busy picking up festive ornaments such as spring couplets, Chinese character "fu" (meaning "blessing" in English), and lanterns, to welcome the upcoming new year. (Photo/Jiang Keqing)

On January 21, customers shopped for the New Year's festive ornaments in a commercial and trading center in Daoxian County. As the Spring Festival of the Year of the Dragon draws near, people were busy picking up festive ornaments such as spring couplets, Chinese character "fu" (meaning "blessing" in English), and lanterns, to welcome the upcoming new year. (Photo/Jiang Keqing)

This article is from the Hunan Provincial Government www.enghunan.gov.cn.

Translator: Yu Jiangjiang

Chinese source: hunantoday