Spring Festival: time to show charm of diversification with 56 ethnic groups

File photo taken in 1961 shows girls buying decorations for greeting the Spring Festival at a store in Kaiyuan County, Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Yunnan Province. As a country with 56 ethnic groups, China unfolds its charm of diversification during the Spring Festival. Spring Festival, or better known as Chinese Lunar New Year, is the most important festival for all Chinese, which has a history of more than 4,000 years. It is an occasion for home returning, New Year goods preparing, celebrating, and foremost, family reunion. (Xinhua/Hou Zhongxian)