Suppliers, vendors prepare products to meet shopping demands ahead of Spring Festival

Foreign visitors learn to cook fried bean curd at a fair selling local specialties from mountainous areas in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Jan. 19, 2019. The Spring Festival, which falls on Feb. 5 this year, serves as an important occasion for family reunions and marks the start of the Chinese Lunar New Year. It is a Chinese tradition to buy goods ranging from food to home appliances to celebrate the festival. Suppliers and vendors around the country have prepared plenty of products to meet shopping demands during the holiday spending spree. (Xinhua/Xu Yu)