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File photo taken on Jan. 22, 2004 shows girls of Yi ethnic group singing in 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)
File photo taken on Feb. 13, 2016 shows a girl of Miao ethnic group carrying food for lunch in Ma'an Village, southwest China's Guizhou 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/Zhang Qi)
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)
File photo taken on Jan. 25, 2017 shows a seller showing a Chema, box containing Tsamba and grain which symbolizes good harvest in a New Year, at a New Year goods market in Xigaze, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region. 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/Liu Dongjun)
File photo taken on Feb. 13, 2016 shows women of Miao ethnic group attending a festival gathering to sing Miao songs at Ma'an Village of Congjiang County, Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Guizhou 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/Zhang Qi)