It is the first Lunar New Year celebration since China's communist leadership lifted the country's strict measures to slow the spread of the coronavirus.
People across China rang in the Lunar New Year on Sunday with large family gatherings and crowds visiting temples after the government lifted its strict zero-COVID policy, marking the biggest festive celebration since the pandemic began three years ago.
By Wu Su-wei, Yu Chao-fu and Liu Tzu-hsuan / Staff reporters, with staff writerGovernment officials and political figures distributed red envelopes at temples across the nation yesterday, the first day of the Year of the Rabbit, extending their greetings to the public and voicing their political hopes for the new year.