Feature: U.S. families share early joy of Chinese Spring Festival

A Chinese artist plays the Chinese flute during the Chinese New Year Family Festival in Washington D.C., the United States, on Feb. 10, 2018. A drizzling rain on Saturday did not dampen the passion of thousands of families who came to the Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM) for the world's renowned facility's annual celebration of the Chinese New Year Festival. The hours-long event, the fifth of its kind by the SAAM, aimed, as it did in the past years, at promoting traditional Chinese culture and offering a taste of the Spring Festival and a unique opportunity for local residents to spend time with their families. (Xinhua/Yang Chenglin)