The 32nd Zigong International Dinosaur Lantern Festival has turned Chengdu, Sichuan province, into a luminous sea of over 200 lantern sets, drawing inspiration from fairy tales, children's drawings and, most fittingly, the dinosaurs whose fossils were unearthed there.
Outside a bustling Daoxiangcun pastry shop in Beijing on Monday, a day before this year's Lantern Festival, a chef deftly shakes a bamboo sieve, transforming fillings like sesame paste, red bean, hawthorn jam — even chocolate — into snowy-white balls called yuanxiao. Nearby, simmering in a large pot, these glutinous dumplings gently puff up, releasing an irresistible fragrance to customers and passersby.
Digital workflows—including self-service registration kiosks, electronic medical records, and online payment systems—have become standard fixtures in hospital outpatient halls. Yet for the elderly, these "conveniences" have created an insurmountable barrier. Simultaneously, groups including out-of-town patients, young adults living alone and pregnant women also feel helpless when navigating complex hospital layouts and medical procedures. Against this backdrop, a new profession called "hospital companion" has quietly emerged, rapidly evolving from scattered individual efforts into a noteworthy new social service model.
Purple sweet potato paste; low-fat taro; poria, coix seed and red bean…On the Chinese lifestyle platform Xiaohongshu, or RedNote, posts showcase diverse new twists on yuanxiao, the glutinous rice dumplings traditionally eaten during the Lantern Festival. Once dominated by black sesame and peanut fillings, the round treats are now being reimagined for a generation increasingly attentive to sugar intake, calorie counts and glycemic index.
When you hail a taxi during the bustling Chinese New Year holiday in Shenzhen, a tech and innovation hub in South China's Guangdong Province, you might find that your taxi is driverless. Passengers were able to travel without fare surge or service disruptions.
This isn't just a meal - it's a two-hour cultural journey across China
Chinese researchers have achieved the world's first successful treatment of a liver failure patient using ex vivo perfusion with a six-gene-edited pig liver, preliminarily confirming the safety and efficacy of the technique and providing a new strategy for the clinical treatment of end-stage liver disease, including as a bridging therapy before liver transplantation, China Science Daily reported on Wednesday.
Stargazers in China snapped photos of the dazzling D-shaped moon rising into the night sky on Tuesday – the brightest and largest first quarter moon of 2026.
China witnessed a surge in travel during the nine-day Spring Festival holiday that ended on Monday, underscoring the robust momentum of the domestic economy and reflecting the resilience and strong internal drivers of the Chinese economy.
China's 2026 Spring Festival holiday – a record-long nine days – witnessed massive population movement alongside strong consumption, tourism, box office and retail sectors.
