Villagers Greet Spring Festival in China(20030130)An actor wearing theatrical costume performs on an activity to welcome the coming Spring Festival, sponsored by villagers of Taihu Town in Tongzhou District, Beijing, Jan. 29, 2003. Local residents here have made preparations to celebrate the festival. (Xinhua) |  |
China Greets Auspicious Year of Sheep(20030130)A pedestrian walks past a paper-cut goat pasted on a shop window in Kunming, capital of southwest China's Yunnan Province, Jan. 29, 2003. With the coming Spring Festival, the whole city is in the festival mood. (Xinhua) |  |
Greeting Auspicious Year of Sheep in Taipei (20030130)Photo taken on Jan. 29, 2003 shows the 100-year-old Dihua Street with colorful decorations in Taipei in southeast China's Taiwan Province. The street is a large market for local residents to buy goods for the Chinese traditional Spring Festival, which falls on Feb. 1. (Xinhua) |  |
Kumquat Greets Spring Festival(20030129)Workers lay potted oranges along the streets in Macao, China, Jan. 28, 2003. With the upcoming Spring Festival Macao is in the Festival mood. (Xinhua) |  |
Macao Greets Spring Festival(20030129)A local resident takes photos in front of a giant palace lantern in Macao, China, Jan. 28, 2003. With the upcoming Spring Festival Macao is in the Festival mood. (Xinhua) |  |
Spring Festival Laterns in Nanjing(20030129)Colored lanterns and different patterns of lights highlight the famous Qinhuai River and Confucius Temple in night in Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu Province, Jan. 28, 2003. The annual Qinhuai lantern festival opened on Tuesday before the upcoming Spring Festival. More than 400,000 coloured lanterns are exhibited here. (Xinhua) |  |
Lantern Exhibition in Qinghai(20030129)This photo taken on Jan. 28, 2003 shows coloured lanterns exhibited on the Qinhuai lantern festival held in the Confucius Temple of Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu Province. The annual Qinhuai lantern festival opened on Tuesday before the upcoming Spring Festival. More than 400,000 coloured lanterns are exhibited here. (Xinhua) |  |
Cable TV into Kazak Herdsman's Family (20030129)A worker lays a rural cable TV line in Dacheng City of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. The city has raised more than seven million yuan to build cable TV lines in 68 villages. Now peasants and hersmen of the city can watch the Spring Festival evening party program presented by the CCTV during the upcoming Spring Festival which falls on Feb. 1. (Xinhua) |  |
Red Lanterns Greet Spring Festival(20030128)A young woman selects a red lantern as a new year decoration in a market in Tianjin, a port city in north China, Jan. 27, 2003. Various kinds of goods have been put on sale in the city as the Chinese traditional Spring Festival draws near. (Xinhua) |  |
New Year Decorations Greet Spring Festival(20030128)A customer selects new year decorations in a market in Tianjin, a port city in north China, Jan. 27, 2003. Various kinds of goods have been put on sale in the city as the Chinese traditional Spring Festival draws near. (Xinhua) |  |
