Spring Festival excitement grows as preparations underway
China Daily
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Children play in front of a display featuring an ox statue on Beijing Financial Street on Feb 10, 2021. The Spring Festival of the Year of the Ox on the Chinese lunar calendar falls on Friday. [Photo by Zou Hong/chinadaily.com.cn]
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Children pose for photos with a cartoon ox figure at the Beijing Aquarium on Feb 10, 2021. [Photo by Zou Hong/chinadaily.com.cn]
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People wearing facial masks walk along Beijing Xidan Shopping Street to buy items for the upcoming Spring Festival, which begins Friday, on Feb 9, 2021. [Photo by Zou Hong/chinadaily.com.cn]
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People buy goods at a shopping mall in Beijing, on Feb 9, 2021. [Photo by Zou Hong/chinadaily.com.cn]