Chinese Lunar New year: Most important festival for all Chinese

File photo taken in January 1986 shows women performing with instruments to greet the Spring Festival in Yunwei Village of Hanjiang District in Putian City, southeast China's Fujian 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/Gu Xinsheng)