xinhua photographer zhang chuanqi, also a calligrapher, writes five "fu" to greet both the chinese new year and the upcoming 2022 winter olympic games. (xinhua/ma ping)
hanging the chinese character "fu" on doors and walls is one of the most common and important customs when celebrating the spring festival, or the chinese lunar new year.
the character, which is traditionally handwritten by calligraphers, expresses people's delight in the festival and their wishes for the coming year.
calligraphers give new year gifts of chinese character "fu", meaning good luck in english, to passengers at nanjing south railway station in nanjing, east china's jiangsu province, jan. 17, 2022. (xinhua/li bo)
workers pose for group photos with chinese character "fu", meaning good luck in english, at a cosmetics company in wuxing district of huzhou, east china's zhejiang province, jan. 8, 2022. (photo by he weiwei/xinhua)
children hold the chinese character "fu", meaning good luck in english, during a new year celebration at a kindergarten in neijiang, southwest china's sichuan province, dec. 31, 2021. (photo by huang zhenghua/xinhua)
children present chinese character "fu", meaning good luck in english, at a kindergarten in changxing county of huzhou city, east china's zhejiang province, dec. 31, 2021. (photo by wu zheng/xinhua)
