A child interacts with an actor performing Bianlian or face-changing, a part of the Sichuan opera, during an event welcoming the New Year at a kindergarten in Yunhe District of Cangzhou, north China's Hebei Province, Dec. 31, 2024. People across China spent the last day of the year 2024 in all sorts of memorable ways. (Photo by Fu Xinchun/Xinhua)