2017 Year of the Rooster

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Children celebrate the Year of Rooster in their own way
2016-12-31 12:08 | Xinhua | Editor:Feng Shuang

The Chinese will celebrate the lunar new year, or Spring Festival, on Jan. 28, 2017. Spring Festival this time marks the beginning of the Year of Rooster, according to the Chinese zodiac that assigns one of the 12 animals to each year.

The following pictures of students are taken all over the country.

A teacher and pupils make a painting of rooster with crop seeds at Mingde Primary School in Zaozhuang City, Shandong Province, Dec. 30, 2016. (Xinhua/Li Zongxian)

Children show roosters made of play dough at Lantian Kindergarten in Wangdu County, Hebei Province, Dec. 30, 2016. (Xinhua/Chen Weihong)

A pupil makes a clay rooster in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia Region, Dec. 29, 2016. (Xinhua/Ding Genhou)

Pupils make clay roosters in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia Region, Dec. 29, 2016. (Xinhua/Ding Genhou)

Children shows roosters made of play dough at a kindergarten in Huai'an City, Jiangsu Province, Dec. 30, 2016. (Xinhua/Zhao Qirui)

 

[ahojunk]

Chinese folk artist makes papercutting works to mark Spring Festival
2016-12-30 15:50 | Xinhua | Editor:Xu Shanshan

Chang Yangyang, a young folk artist, shows his papercutting works of a rooster and a hen in Mengjin County, central China's Henan Province, Dec. 29, 2016. The Chinese will celebrate the lunar new year, or Spring Festival, on Jan. 28, 2017. Spring Festival this time marks the beginning of the Year of Rooster, according to the Chinese zodiac that assigns one of the 12 animals to each year. (Xinhua/Huang Zhengwei)

Chang Yangyang, a young folk artist, shows his papercutting works of hundreds of roosters in Mengjin County, central China's Henan Province, Dec. 29, 2016. The Chinese will celebrate the lunar new year, or Spring Festival, on Jan. 28, 2017. Spring Festival this time marks the beginning of the Year of Rooster, according to the Chinese zodiac that assigns one of the 12 animals to each year. (Xinhua/Huang Zhengwei)

Chang Yangyang, a young folk artist, makes papercutting works of hundreds of roosters in Mengjin County, central China's Henan Province, Dec. 29, 2016. The Chinese will celebrate the lunar new year, or Spring Festival, on Jan. 28, 2017. Spring Festival this time marks the beginning of the Year of Rooster, according to the Chinese zodiac that assigns one of the 12 animals to each year. (Xinhua/Huang Zhengwei)

 

[AndrewJin]

i am not a fan of year of rooster......
I advice add year of pandas and pikas.

 

[+4vsgorillas-Apebane]

Im thinking of getting married this year.

Rooster is going to be a memorable year.

 

[ahojunk]

A nice picture/logo of "2017".

 

[TaiShang]

People attend national flag raising ceremony to greet New Year
(Xinhua) January 02, 2017



A national flag raising ceremony is held at the Tian'anmen Square in Beijing, capital of China, Jan. 1, 2017. Over 26,000 people came to attend the ceremony to greet the New Year. (Xinhua/Zhang Chenlin)



A national flag raising ceremony is held at the Tian'anmen Square in Beijing, capital of China, Jan. 1, 2017. Over 26,000 people came to attend the ceremony to greet the New Year. (Xinhua/Zhang Chenlin)

People take part in the national flag raising ceremony at the Tian'anmen Square in Beijing, capital of China, Jan. 1, 2017. Over 26,000 people came to attend the ceremony to greet the New Year. (Xinhua/Tang Zhaoming)

 

[Place Of Space]

i am not a fan of year of rooster......
I advice add year of pandas and pikas.

Lazy boys dislike year of rooster...hahahahah

 

[AndrewJin]

Im thinking of getting married this year.

Rooster is going to be a memorable year.

According to your avatar, I guess a girl will marry a gorilla.....

 

[Srinivas]

According to Indian astrology I am a 'mongoose'.
But according to Chinese astrology I am a 'Rooster'

 

[Indika]

Is rooster good or bad for china

http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/28/asia/donald-trump-rooster/

 

[Place Of Space]

Is rooster good or bad for china

http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/28/asia/donald-trump-rooster/

哈哈 哈哈哈哈 哈哈哈

Rooster is clock in the long past in villiages. Very good. And the charactor's pronunciation is similar to "auspicious", both read Ji.(respective first tone and second tone.)

 

[sweetgrape]

 

[ahojunk]

Flag raising ceremony held on China's icebreaker Xuelong
2017-01-02 09:30 | Xinhua | Editor:Mo Hong'e

A flag raising ceremony is held on the China's icebreaker Xuelong, Jan. 1, 2017. Chinese research vessel and icebreaker Xuelong (Snow Dragon) is on its 33rd Antarctic expedition. (Xinhua/Rong Qihan)

Crew members of Chinese icebreaker Xuelong pose for photos after a flag raising ceremony on the Xuelong, Jan. 1, 2017. Chinese research vessel and icebreaker Xuelong (Snow Dragon) is on its 33rd Antarctic expedition. (Xinhua/Rong Qihan)

 

[ahojunk]

Students create huge rooster-shaped snow figure to welcome the New Year
2016-12-28 09:09 | Ecns.cn | Editor:Yao Lan

A 30-meter-long rooster-shaped figure created with snow is on display at a basketball court at Changchun Guanghua University, Northeast China's Jilin province, Dec 26, 2016, to welcome Chinese Year of the Rooster. It was created by a pair of teachers and 30 students, who took about five hours to complete it during the night. (Photo/CFP)

A 30-meter-long rooster-shaped figure created with snow is on display at a basketball court at Changchun Guanghua University, Northeast China's Jilin province, Dec 26, 2016, to welcome Chinese Year of the Rooster. It was created by a pair of teachers and 30 students, who took about five hours to complete it during the night. (Photo/CFP)

A 30-meter-long rooster-shaped figure created with snow is on display at a basketball court at Changchun Guanghua University, Northeast China's Jilin province, Dec 26, 2016, to welcome Chinese Year of the Rooster. It was created by a pair of teachers and 30 students, who took about five hours to complete it during the night. (Photo/CFP)

 

[ahojunk]

The whole country is going rooster crazy!

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Butter rooster made for the Year of the Rooster
2017-01-03 15:08:06 CRIENGLISH.com Web Editor: Guo Jing

This rooster is 3.6 m high and is made from 150 kg of butter and took 22 days to complete.

A 3.6-meter-high rooster is made from butter in Shenyang city, northeast China's Liaoning province, on January 2, 2017. About 150 kg of butter has been used to create this huge rooster sculpture, taking 22 days to complete. China ushers in the year of the rooster. This is according to the Chinese zodiac, where each year is related to one of 12 animal signs. [Photo: IC]

A 3.6-meter-high rooster is made from butter in Shenyang city, northeast China's Liaoning province, on January 2, 2017. About 150 kg of butter has been used to create this huge rooster sculpture, taking 22 days to complete. China ushers in the year of the rooster. This is according to the Chinese zodiac, where each year is related to one of 12 animal signs. [Photo: IC]

A 3.6-meter-high rooster is made from butter in Shenyang city, northeast China's Liaoning province, on January 2, 2017. About 150 kg of butter has been used to create this huge rooster sculpture, taking 22 days to complete. China ushers in the year of the rooster. This is according to the Chinese zodiac, where each year is related to one of 12 animal signs. [Photo: IC]