Chinese "blessing" written on a piece of red paper is pasted on the trunck of a tree in Huaiyang County, central China's Henan Province, Jan. 17, 2004. People who live in the central China region has a tradition to paste "blessing" on doors or trees to pray for good luck in the Spring Festival or Chinese Lunar New Year. (Xinhua/Wang Song)
Citizens watch a hill of steamed jujube buns in a street in Xinzheng City, central China's Henan Province, Feb. 3, 2011. The steamed jujube bun is a traditional food usually eaten during the Spring Festival or Chinese Lunar New Year period in the central China region. Local people follows a custom to make steamed buns jujube on the 28th day of the first lunar month. Chinese people who live in the central China region have formed various traditions to celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year. (Xinhua/Wang Song)