Traditional activities held to welcome Chinese Lunar New Year in E China

Folk artists perform traditional shadow puppetry in Hexidai Village in Tangqi Township, Hangzhou, capital of east China's Zhejiang Province, on Feb. 1, 2018. Local residents participated in a series of traditional activities here Thursday, to welcome the Chinese Lunar New Year, which falls on Feb. 16 this year. (Xinhua/Xu Yu)