BEIJING, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) -- A selection of the best press photos from Xinhua.
People visit the Yuyuan Garden lantern fair in Shanghai, east China, Jan. 21, 2024. With the Chinese Lunar New Year just around the corner, Shanghai's Yuyuan Garden has again donned a festive look, dressed in hundreds of delicate and illuminated lanterns. The Yuyuan Garden lantern fair is a key cultural highlight in Shanghai during the Spring Festival celebration. This year's theme is a sequel to the 2023 edition "Adventure of Mountains and Seas," which was inspired by the ancient literature "Shan Hai Jing (Classic of Mountains and Seas)." (Xinhua/Liu Ying)A foreigner learns to write the Chinese character "Fu" which means "good fortune" during a cultural event at a square in Ningbo, east China's Zhejiang Province, Jan. 21, 2024. (Photo by Hu Xuejun/Xinhua)Tengpa Anye (L) performs lion dance with his grandson in Xobando Town of Lhorong County in Qamdo City, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, Jan. 19, 2024. Lhorong County, with an average elevation of about 3,700 meters, was once an important stop along the ancient Tea Horse Road and a significant channel for Tibetan-Han exchanges. Locals in Xobando Town injected elements of Tibetan folk dances into the Han lion dance introduced to the town in early years, and created a new performing art -- Xobando lion dance. Tengpa Anye, 69, who began to learn lion dance from his father at 13, is an inheritor of Xobando lion dance art. In the past, Tengpa had to make lion dance props by himself because the ready-made ones were unaffordable. Nowadays, thanks to improved living conditions and governmental supports, Tengpa and his students have not only access to professionally prepared props but also opportunities to appear at major performance events. No longer an agile performer due to his age, Tengpa is devoted to training younger Xobando lion dancers. He has been offering a hobby lecture on the lion dance at a primary school in Xobando since 2015. The Xobando lion dance bears witness to the history of exchanges and integration among diverse ethnic groups in Xizang. "By teaching the lion dance, we are passing on the spirit of ethnic unity," Tengpa said. (Xinhua/Sun Fei)A woman rides an escalator in the Ping'anli subway station which is decorated with Chinese-styled lamps in Beijing, capital of China, Jan. 20, 2024. (Xinhua/Li Xin)Giant panda Ge Ge eats bamboo shoots at Tianjin Zoo in north China's Tianjin, Jan. 21, 2024. The giant panda house in the zoo reopened after three months of renovation. (Xinhua/Li Ran)An aerial drone photo shows people enjoying the rime scenery at Yuntaishan Mountain upon the Sea scenic area in Lianyungang, east China's Jiangsu Province, Jan. 21, 2024. (Photo by Wang Jianmin/Xinhua)People in costumes take part in the bell ringers' parade in Rukavac, Croatia, on Jan. 21, 2024. (Goran Kovacic/PIXSELL via Xinhua)This photo taken on Jan. 14, 2024 shows a night view of Bern, capital of Switzerland. (Xinhua/Meng Dingbo)An acrobat performs at the 46th International Circus Festival of Monte-Carlo, Monaco, Jan. 20, 2024. The event kicked off here on Friday and will last until Jan. 28. (Xinhua/Gao Jing)Leon Haselrieder of Italy competes during the men's singles of Luge event at the Gangwon 2024 Winter Youth Olympic Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Jan. 21, 2024. (Xinhua/Hu Huhu)Hemi Meikle of New Zealand competes during the men's Super-G of alpine skiing event at the Gangwon 2024 Winter Youth Olympic Games in Jeongseon, South Korea, Jan. 21, 2024. (Xinhua/Li Ming)Taylor Fritz hits a return during the men's singles fourth round match between Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece and Taylor Fritz of the United States at the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne, Australia, Jan. 21, 2024. (Photo by Hu Jingchen/Xinhua)Ahmad Syihan Hazmi (front), goalkeeper of Malaysia, fails to save a goal during the Group E match between Bahrain and Malaysia at AFC Asian Cup Qatar 2023 in Doha, Qatar, Jan. 20, 2024. (Xinhua/Jia Haocheng)
