Local residents rehearse their performance of yangge (a popular rural folk dance in Northeast China) to be staged at the temple fair during the Spring Festival in Jinan, capital of east China''''s Shandong Province, February 6, 2007. [Xinhua]

Hong Kong residents rush to buy new-year decorations as the traditional Chinese Spring Festival draws near Tuesday, February 6, 2007. [Xinhua]

A Hong Kong department store is brightly furnished with new-year decorations as the traditional Chinese Spring Festival draws near Tuesday, February 6, 2007. [Xinhua]

A municipal engineer smiles as he walks to install the big red lanterns along the streets in Korla, northwest China''''s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Tuesday, February 6, 2007. More than 4000 such lanterns have been raised along the city''''s streets to greet the upcoming Spring Festival, which falls on February 18 this year. [Xinhua]

Municipal engineers are busy installing red lanterns along streets in Korla, northwest China''''s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Tuesday, February 6, 2007. More than 4000 such lanterns have been raised along the city''''s streets to greet the upcoming Spring Festival, which falls on February 18 this year. [Xinhua]