Children perform dragon dance at a nursery school in Zhanggong District of Ganzhou City, east China's Jiangxi Province, Dec. 31, 2024. People across China spent the last day of the year 2024 in all sorts of memorable ways. (Photo by Hu Jiangtao/Xinhua)

　　A villager posts the Chinese character “fu,“ which means happiness, blessing and good fortune, at a settlement in Chuimatan Town of Jishishan County, northwest China's Gansu Province, Dec. 31, 2024. People across China spent the last day of the year 2024 in all sorts of memorable ways. (Photo by Shi Youdong/Xinhua)

　　Students celebrate the New Year at a primary school in Gaoqing County of Zibo, east China's Shandong Province, Dec. 31, 2024. People across China spent the last day of the year 2024 in all sorts of memorable ways. (Photo by Zhang Weitang/Xinhua)

　　A child interacts with an actor performing Bianlian or face-changing, a part of the Sichuan opera, during an event welcoming the New Year at a community in Huangpu District of east China's Shanghai, Dec. 31, 2024. People across China spent the last day of the year 2024 in all sorts of memorable ways. (Xinhua/Fang Zhe)