Chinese Lunar New year: Most important festival for all Chinese

File photo taken in February 1985 shows a festive lantern troupe performing before the Spring Festival in Luokou Village of Jinan City, east China's Shandong Province. In Chinese villages, people have their distinctive ways to celebrate the Spring Festival. Simple but joyful, the celebrations bring them gratification and happiness. 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/Shi Panqi)