Girls choose their favourite lunar New Year paintings, a type of traditional Chinese decoration for the lunar New Year, during the 2009 Lunar New Year Paintings Festival held in Mianzhu, one of the worst-hit towns during the May 12 quake in southwestern Chinese province of Sichuan, Jan. 15, 2009. (Xinhua/Chen Xie) Photo Gallery>>>

Performers in traditional Chinese dress play during the 2009 Lunar New Year Paintings Festival held in Mianzhu, one of the worst-hit towns during the May 12 quake in southwestern Chinese province of Sichuan, Jan. 15, 2009. (Xinhua/Chen Xie) Photo Gallery>>>

Performers in traditional Chinese dress play in the temporary housing area for May 12 earthquake survivors during the 2009 Lunar New Year Paintings Festival held in Mianzhu, one of the worst-hit towns during the May 12 quake in southwestern Chinese province of Sichuan, Jan. 15, 2009.(Xinhua/Chen Xie) Photo Gallery>>>