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

File photo taken on Jan. 22, 2004 shows girls of Yi ethnic group singing in southwest China's Yunnan 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)