Two girls pose for photos with straw-made lions in Longsheng Ethnic Minority Autonomous County of southwest China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region on February 8, 2008. Local residents in the county seat celebrated the Spring Festival after the county was hit by heavy snowfalls and ice.

Local performers play straw-made lions in Longsheng Ethnic Minority Autonomous County of southwest China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region on February 8, 2008.

Local performers play straw-made lions in Longsheng Ethnic Minority Autonomous County of southwest China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region on February 8, 2008.

(Xinhua News Agency February 11, 2008)