Young Chinese calligraphy amateurs write spring couplets for local residents on Weiwu Road in Zhengzhou, capital of central China's Henan Province, on January 25, 2006. Chinese people have a time-honored tradition of putting spring couplets on their doors during the Spring Festival, Chinese Lunar New Year which starts on January 29 this year.

A senior citizen shouldering his grandchild walks past a child statue on a street in Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu Province.

Local residents buy decorations for the forthcoming Spring Festival at a market in Hefei, capital of east China's Anhui Province.

Young Chinese calligraphy amateurs write spring couplets for local residents on Weiwu Road in Zhengzhou, capital of central China's Henan Province, on January 23, 2006.

(People's Daily January 26, 2006)