More than 200 bookstores in Guangzhou remained opened during the seven-day Spring Festival holiday, which lasted from Jan 21 to 27, offering various activities for citizens. They included exhibitions themed around the Year of the Rabbit and having Chinese New Year's Eve dinner in bookstores.

A group of people from outside Guangzhou who stayed in the city for Chinese New Year gather at the Tiyu East Road branch of 1200bookshop in Tianhe district to have Chinese New Year's Eve dinner. The tradition of having Chinese New Year's Eve dinner at 1200bookshop started in 2018. [Photo/WeChat account: tianhefabu]

Fuguang Bookstore holds activities like exhibitions and doing crafts during the Spring Festival. It also showcased exquisite paper cutting works that enabled visitors to experience the charm of Guangzhou's intangible cultural heritage items. [Photo/WeChat account: tianhefabu]

The cultural and creative products of Guangzhou Book Center are of high popularity with visitors at the Tianhe Spring Festival Market Fair. The book center is holding the "books into parks" activity from Jan 21 to Feb 2. [Photo/WeChat account: tianhefabu]