A New Year countdown ceremony was held at Badaling section of the Great Wall, attracting spectators from home and abroad.

The ceremony featuring a lot of Beijing folk arts with the participation by many local villagers, was also aimed at promoting the tourism industry in Beijing.

The Arabic numbers of 2014 are displayed in this long-exposure photograph taken at a section of the Great Wall during a New Year countdown ceremony in Beijing on Dec 31, 2013. [Photo by Wang Jing / China Daily]