
Calligraphers write Spring Festival couplets in Yining City, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Jan. 23, 2011. It is a Chinese tradition to write down wishes and blessings in couplets to greet the Spring Festival, China's lunar new year, which falls upon Feb. 3 this year. (Xinhua/Liu Chenggang)

Residents read Spring Festival couplets in Yining City, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Jan. 23, 2011. It is a Chinese tradition to write down wishes and blessings in couplets to greet the Spring Festival, China's lunar new year, which falls upon Feb. 3 this year. (Xinhua/Liu Chenggang)

Calligraphers write Spring Festival couplets in Yining City, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Jan. 23, 2011. It is a Chinese tradition to write down wishes and blessings in couplets to greet the Spring Festival, China's lunar new year, which falls upon Feb. 3 this year. (Xinhua/Liu Chenggang)

Calligraphers write Spring Festival couplets in Yining City, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Jan. 23, 2011. It is a Chinese tradition to write down wishes and blessings in couplets to greet the Spring Festival, China's lunar new year, which falls upon Feb. 3 this year. (Xinhua/Liu Chenggang)