Temple fairs open in Beijing to celebrate Spring Festival
Wire desk byline Sourced from Xinhua, Dawn, Arab News, Anadolu and Minute Mirror. Translated and abridged by the GSRRA Desk.
People buy Tanghulu, a traditional Chinese snack consisting of sugar-coated haws or fruits, at a temple fair in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 17, 2026. Temple fairs opened here celebrating the Spring Festival and presenting visitors with traditional dances, lion dances and delicious food. (Xinhua/Li Xin)
People interact with lion dance performers at a temple fair in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 17, 2026. Temple fairs opened here celebrating the Spring Festival and presenting visitors with traditional dances, lion dances and delicious food. (Xinhua/Chen Zhonghao)
People visit a temple fair in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 17, 2026. Temple fairs opened here celebrating the Spring Festival and presenting visitors with traditional dances, lion dances and delicious food. (Xinhua/Li Xin)
Artists stage a performance at a temple fair in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 17, 2026. Temple fairs opened here celebrating the Spring Festival and presenting visitors with traditional dances, lion dances and delicious food. (Photo by Liang Zhiqiang/Xinhua)
Artists stage a lion dance performance at a temple fair in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 17, 2026. Temple fairs opened here celebrating the Spring Festival and presenting visitors with traditional dances, lion dances and delicious food. (Xinhua/Chen Zhonghao)
People interact with a lion dance performer at a temple fair in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 17, 2026. Temple fairs opened here celebrating the Spring Festival and presenting visitors with traditional dances, lion dances and delicious food. (Xinhua/Chen Zhonghao)
Artists stage a lion dance performance at a temple fair in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 17, 2026. Temple fairs opened here celebrating the Spring Festival and presenting visitors with traditional dances, lion dances and delicious food. (Xinhua/Chen Zhonghao)
A foreigner films the lion dance performance at a temple fair in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 17, 2026. Temple fairs opened here, celebrating the Spring Festival and presenting visitors with traditional dances, lion dances and delicious food. (Xinhua/Chen Zhonghao)
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Zamir Ahmed Awan is the founder and Chair of the Global Silk Route Research Alliance, a think tank in Islamabad. He studied engineering at Shanghai University in the 1980s, and years later he went back to China as Pakistan's science counsellor in Beijing, from 2010 until 2016, working on science and higher education cooperation between the two countries.…
