Spring begins, wear Spring Cock
2010-02-04 14:00:27 GMT2010-02-04 22:00:27 (Beijing Time)
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Children wearing hats decorated with cloth dolls of Spring Cock are seen at Xinli Village of Tancheng County, east China's Shandong Province, Feb. 4, 2010, the day of Spring Begins. Local residents adorn traditional cloth dolls of Spring Cock onto children's hats and sleeves on the day of Spring Begins, one of the 24 solar terms in traditional Chinese lunar calendar, for peace and auspicious omen. (Xinhua/Zhang Chunlei)
A child wearing a hat decorated with cloth dolls of Spring Cock is seen at Xinli Village of Tancheng County, east China's Shandong Province, Feb. 4, 2010, the day of Spring Begins. (Xinhua/Zhang Chunlei)
A folk craftswoman shows her handmade cloth dolls of Spring Cock in Matou Township of Tancheng County, east China's Shandong Province, Feb. 3, 2010, one day ahead of Spring Begins. (Xinhua/Fang Dehua)
A mother buys cloth doll of Spring Cock for her child in Matou Township of Tancheng County, east China's Shandong Province, Feb. 3, 2010, one day ahead of Spring Begins. (Xinhua/Fang Dehua)
Geng Yiying (R) decorates cloth dolls of Spring Cock onto her grandchild's sleeve in Sangcun Township in Zaozhuang City, east China's Shandong Province, Feb. 4, 2010, the day of Spring begins. (Xinhua/Li Zongxian)
Children wearing hats decorated with cloth dolls of Spring Cock are seen at Xinli Village of Tancheng County, east China's Shandong Province, Feb. 4, 2010, the day of Spring Begins. Local residents adorn traditional cloth dolls of Spring Cock onto children's hats and sleeves on the day of Spring Begins, one of the 24 solar terms in traditional Chinese lunar calendar, for peace and auspicious omen.
