Spring Festival in the air
2009-01-07 05:33:15 GMT2009-01-07 13:33:15 (Beijing Time)
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Two women select New Year decorations at a wholesale market in Yiwu, east China's Zhejiang province January 5, 2009. Chinese people are busy buying "New Year necessities" - special purchases for the Spring Festival - and decorations in preparations for get-togethers during the traditional Chinese festival, which starts on January 26 this year according to Chinese lunar calendar. [Xinhua]
A mother and child select New Year decorations at a market in Yiwu, east China's Zhejiang province January 5, 2009. Chinese people are busy buying "New Year necessities" - special purchases for the Spring Festival - and decorations in preparations for get-togethers during the traditional Chinese festival, which starts on January 26 this year according to Chinese lunar calendar. [Xinhua]
"New Year necessities" - special purchases for the Spring Festival - are stocked in line on stacks at a supermarket in Suzhou, east China's Jiangsu province January 5, 2009. [Xinhua]
Shoppers crowd a market of New Year decorations, snacks and food in Wuhan, central China’s Hubei province January 5, 2009. [Xinhua]
A woman selects New Year decorations at a market in Wuhan, central China's Hubei province January 5, 2009. [Xinhua]
Two women select New Year decorations at a wholesale market in Yiwu, east China's Zhejiang province January 5, 2009. Chinese people are busy buying "New Year necessities" - special purchases for the Spring Festival - and decorations in preparations for get-togethers during the traditional Chinese festival, which starts on January 26 this year according to Chinese lunar calendar.
