Xiaonian Festival marked across China

Hu Zhongfu (L), the inheritor of the Anhui provincial intangible cultural heritage "dragon lamp", draws eyes for the dragon lantern in Yixiu District of Anqing, east China's Anhui Province, Jan. 17, 2020. Various kinds of activities were held on Friday all over China to celebrate the traditional Chinese Xiaonian Festival, which is marking the start of the countdown to Chinese Lunar New Year, which falls on Jan. 25 this year. (Photo by Huang Youan/Xinhua)