A mother along with her daughter choose lanterns for Spring Festival in Fuzhou, Fujian Province. A shopper walks by a shopping mall decorated with paper cuts theme for Year of Ox in Shanghai.
People are purchasing red lanterns for Chinese Lunar New Year at a Bazaar in Hubei Province.
At a street market in Wuhan, Hubei Province, people are busy shopping for Spring Festival, which begins on 26 January
At a trade fair during a cultural festival at Xinghai Exhibition Center in Dalian, Liaoning Province, people are buying things they will need for family reunions. Xinhua Photos
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