
A postal official shows commemorative stamps marking the Chinese traditional lunar Jichou Year of 2009 at a post office in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province on January 5, 2009. The stamps, with the image of ox marking the Jichou Year of 2009, was issued by the State Post Bureau nationwide on Monday. [Xinhua]

A postal official shows an commemorative envelope marking the Chinese traditional lunar Jichou Year of 2009 at a post office in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province on January 5, 2009. [Xinhua]

Citizens line up to buy commemorative stamps marking the Chinese traditional lunar Jichou Year of 2009 at a post office in Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu Province on January 5, 2009. [Xinhua]