As China's Spring Festival draws closer, flower markets and traditional craft workshops nationwide are becoming increasingly busy. In Shanghai, sprawling flower markets are bustling with shoppers seeking potted blooms that last longer and are easy to care for, adding color and cheer to their homes over the holidays. Meanwhile, a dragon lantern workshop in Nanchang, Jiangxi Province is operating at full capacity. As orders pour in from both domestic and overseas markets, workers are racing to mee

Dazu District of Chongqing in southwest China has put up a colorful lantern show to greet the upcoming Chinese New Year, or Spring Festival, which falls on Feb 17 this year. The lanterns have integrated local icons like its famous stone carvings, begonia flowers, and fire dragons, and used new lighting technologies. #ChineseNewYear2026 | CCTV