Residents perform during spring festival celebrations in the village of Wuhu, Anhui province, February 11, 2008. The lunar "Year of the Rat" began on February 7 in China and will also be celebrated by as many as 35 million overseas Chinese in cities across the globe.
Children of the Miao ethnic group trample on earth, which is a folk custom to expect a favourable weather and a bumper harvest in the new year in Guiyang county, Guizhou province February 11, 2008. Picture taken February 11, 2008.
Locals swim in an icy river in Mudanjiang, Heilongjiang province, February 10, 2008.
A woman and child brave warnings to stay off the ice at Shishahai Lake in central Beijing on February 12, 2008. The normally popular lake was closed due to warming weather on the sixth day of the new lunar year sparked by concerns of ice thickness and capacity to handle holiday crowds, enjoying the last day of the weeklong Spring Festival holidays with warnings of the closure sent via SMS to Beijing's mobile phone subscribers. Beijing, host city for the 2008 Olympics in August, experienced its best run of clear days in January since 2000, which the city's Environmental Protection Administration said was due to persisitent cold air, with updrafts and northerly winds helping disperse pollutants, as well as the closure of up to ten heavily-polluting industrial fiacilities in or around the capital. The Olympic host city this year aims to have at least 256 "blue sky" days.
A man rides his bicycle across central Beijing's Shishahai Lake on February 12, 2008. The normally popular lake was closed due to warming weather on the sixth day of the new lunar year sparked by concerns of ice thickness and capacity to handle holiday crowds, enjoying the last day of the weeklong Spring Festival holidays.Warnings of the closure were sent via SMS to Beijing's mobile phone subscribers.
A child enjoys the ride seated on a broom and being pulled on the ice at a section of Shishahai Lake which remained open for the morning on February 12, 2008 in Beijing. The normally popular lake was closed due to warming weather on the sixth day of the new lunar year sparked by concerns of ice thickness and capacity to handle holiday crowds, enjoying the last day of the weeklong Spring Festival holidays.Warnings of the closure were sent via SMS to Beijing's mobile phone subscribers.
Residents walk to attend spring festival celebrations in the village of Wuhu, Anhui province, February 11, 2008. The lunar "Year of the Rat" began on February 7 in China and will also be celebrated by as many as 35 million overseas Chinese in cities across the globe.
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