Spring Festival: time to show charm of diversification with 56 ethnic groups

File photo taken on Feb. 8, 2008 shows women of Buyi ethnic group performing during a traditional fete in a village of Xingyi City, southwest China's Guizhou Province. As a country with 56 ethnic groups, China unfolds its charm of diversification during the Spring Festival. Spring Festival, or better known as Chinese Lunar New Year, is the most important festival for all Chinese, which has a history of more than 4,000 years. It is an occasion for home returning, New Year goods preparing, celebrating, and foremost, family reunion. (Xinhua/Wei Bo)