China's 2012 Spring Festival falls on January 23. The whole nation is celebrating the great family-reunion holiday, which often lasts 15 days until the Lantern Festival which falls on the 15th day of the 1st lunar month, February 6 this year.

Here are local festival celebrations reported from China.org.cn's journalist Zhang Tingting in Wuzhen, Zhejiang Province.

The Spring Festival banquet, also called "Baijiayan" is provided by the local tourist authority in Wuzhen, Zhejiang Province, on Jan. 23, 2012, the first day of Chinese lunar New Year. Various flavors of dishes and specialties are offered on the long street to express their nowadays better living and to attract tourists both from home and abroad. Usually, the banquet is held from the first day to the sixth day of the 1st lunar month. [Photo by China.org.cn/Zhang Tingting]