People across China make preparations for upcoming Spring Festival

This photo taken on Jan. 23, 2026 shows a horse-shaped syrup craft displayed during a fair for New Year supplies at a park in Nanjing City, east China's Jiangsu Province. Chinese people are busy preparing fresh flowers, Chinese knots, spring couplets, and other traditional necessities to celebrate the upcoming Spring Festival, or the Chinese New Year. (Photo by Yang Suping/Xinhua)