Dancers at Heilongjiang province's pavilion interact with visitors during the China International Travel Mart, which opened on Dec 19, 2025, in Haikou, Hainan province. LUO YUNFEI/CHINA NEWS SERVICE

Overseas students at Jiangsu University display dumplings they made with local residents at a community center in Zhenjiang, Jiangsu province, on Dec 19, 2025, ahead of the winter solstice. SHI YUCHENG/FOR CHINA DAILY

This photo taken on Dec 21, 2025 shows the Seventeen-Arch Bridge with the sunset glow shining through its arches at the Summer Palace in Beijing. [Photo/Xinhua]

Visitors are pulled along by camel-drawn sleighs during the opening ceremony of the 21st Ice and Snow Nadam Festival in Hulunbuir, Inner Mongolia autonomous region, on Dec 21, 2025, coinciding with the winter solstice. LYU HAOJUN/FOR CHINA DAILY

Passengers about to board the first train of the Guangzhou-Zhanjiang High-Speed Railway pose for a group photo with railway crew members at the Guangzhou Baiyun Railway Station in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, on Dec 22, 2025. LU HANXIN/XINHUA

A select group of guests gets a close look at giant pandas at the Mianyang base of China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda in Sichuan province, on Dec 22, 2025. HE HAIYANG/FOR CHINA DAILY

Robots perform a lion dance at the National Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing, on Dec 22, 2025. JIANG DONG/CHINA DAILY

Contestants showcase dried tofu slicing skills during a ceremony for the industry development of Taizhou morning tea and the centenary of the local brand "Haitangchun" in Taizhou, Jiangsu province, on Dec 23, 2025. [Photo provided to China Daily]

Visitors feed wild white swans at the Yellow River wetland in Pinglu county, Shanxi province, on Dec 23, 2025. ZHU XINGXIN/CHINA DAILY

People visit the Wuliang Mountain in Nanjian Yi autonomous county, Southwest China's Yunnan province, Dec 24, 2025. [Photo/Xinhua]