NANCHONG, CHINA - Media OutReach Newswire - 9 February 2026 - On February 4, at a briefing on cultural and tourism activities for the 2026 Spring Festival hosted by the Sichuan Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism, Nanchong City announced an extended Spring Festival holiday (from the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month to the sixteenth day of the first lunar month of the following year, that is, from January 26 to March 4 of the solar calendar), inviting visitors from around the world to Langzhong, known as the "Ancient City of the World and Birthplace of the Spring Festival", to experience the most authentic and abundant traditions of the Chinese Lunar New Year.