Women make steamed bread at a center for the elderly in Rizhao, east China's Shandong Province January17, 2009. Local residents make steamed bread with flower decorations on top of them as gifts for relatives or offering to gods during family rituals during the Spring Festival. [Xinhu
A folk artist shows paper-cutting skills to two kids in Pingyao, north China's Shanxi Province, January 17, 2009. [Xinhua]
Part of lantern decoration in the shape of two dragons is seen at a lantern fair in Meishan, southwest China's Sichuan Province January 17, 2009. [Xinhua]
Kids walk in a street during a rehearsal of Shehuo, a traditional outdoor variety show, in Pingyao, north China's Shanxi Province, January 17, 2009. [Agencies]
Two girls play in a street decorated with lanterns in Pingyao, north China's Shanxi Province, January 17, 2009. [Xinhua]
A boy waits before going onstage to perform Shehuo, a traditional ourdoor variety show in Pingyao, north China's Shanxi Province, January 17, 2009. [Xinhua]
A foreign tourist dressed in a costume of Jin Opera, which is popular in north China's Shanxi Province, poses in Pingyao, Shanxi, January 17, 2009.
