Over the past decade, President Xi Jinping has spent time with ordinary people ahead of the Spring Festival every year.

Sometimes he helps them with festive preparations, such as making dumplings, a must-have dish for many families on their banquet tables on the eve of the Chinese New Year.

Here are ten memorable moments of Xi welcoming the Spring Festival with ordinary people.

(Editors: Wang Xiangyu, Huang Jingjing; graphic: Liu Kejun and He Shan)