Dancers wearing traditional Chinese clothes perform yangko dances in Rongcheng, East China's Shandong province to welcome the upcoming Spring Festival. [Photo by Li Xinjun/chinadaily.com.cn]

Drum dances are usually performed during the Spring Festival primarily to pray for good weather for the crops as well as peace and safety. [Photo by Li Xinjun/chinadaily.com.cn]

A dragon dance is staged in Rongcheng, East China's Shandong province to welcome the upcoming Spring Festival. [Photo by Li Xinjun/chinadaily.com.cn]