Three models in costumes of Ox pose at a shopping mall in Hong Kong, south China, Jan. 14, 2009. The shopping mall was decorated to attract customers before Chinese lunar new year, the year of Ox. (Xinhua/Lui Sui Wai) (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)
Photo taken on Jan. 14, 2009 shows seven lamp tower decorated with more than 150,000 table tennis balls and other colorful balls in Dalian, northeast China's Liaoning Province. As the Year of Ox in Chinese lunar calendar approaching, the city is permeated with a holiday atmosphere. The Chinese Year of Ox will start from Jan. 26, 2009. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)
Workers arrange flowers-weaved Chinese character of "chun" (meaning "spring") and drum-shaped flower sculpture on the Ganjiang Road in Suzhou, east China's Jiangsu Province, Jan. 14, 2009. As the Year of Ox in Chinese lunar calendar approaching, the city is permeated with a holiday atmosphere. The Chinese Year of Ox will start from Jan. 26, 2009. (Xinhua/Hang Xingwei) (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)
A worker arranges flowers-weaved Chinese character of "chun" (meaning "spring") on the Ganjiang Road in Suzhou, east China's Jiangsu Province, Jan. 14, 2009. As the Year of Ox in Chinese lunar calendar approaching, the city is permeated with a holiday atmosphere. The Chinese Year of Ox will start from Jan. 26, 2009. (Xinhua/Hang Xingwei) Xinhua/Reuters
