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Poems for spring, as people across the world mark Chinese New Year
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A woman takes a picture next a tree illustrated by paper lanterns at the entrance of a park during Chinese lunar new year in Beijing on January 26, 2023. /Wang Zhao/AFP
A woman takes a picture next a tree illustrated by paper lanterns at the entrance of a park during Chinese lunar new year in Beijing on January 26, 2023. /Wang Zhao/AFP

A woman takes a picture next a tree illustrated by paper lanterns at the entrance of a park during Chinese lunar new year in Beijing on January 26, 2023. /Wang Zhao/AFP

This year's Spring Festival is well under way in Chinese speaking communities across the world. 

The celebration dates back around 3,500 years to the Shang Dynasty. In those days, people held sacrificial ceremonies to honor the gods and their ancestors at the advent of the New Year. 

Nowadays, the festival is far more peaceful, featuring beautiful light shoes, songs and poems that define the human experience. 

Here's a selection of poems in different languages about springtime, read by CGTN staff and contributors. 

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