Traditional holiday food attracts customers

A worker makes sweet dumplings in a pastry shop in Tianjin, on Feb 21, 2013. As the Lantern Festival approaches, people are getting in line to buy sweet dumplings, a traditional food made of glutinous rice flour and usually served in soup. The Lantern Festival, which falls on Feb 24 this year, will bring the long celebration for the Chinese New Year to an end.[Photo/Xinhua] 

Workers make sweet dumplings in a pastry shop in Tianjin, on Feb 21, 2013. As the Lantern Festival approaches, people are getting in line to buy sweet dumplings, a traditional food made of glutinous rice flour and usually served in soup. The Lantern Festival, which falls on Feb 24 this year, will bring the long celebration for the Chinese New Year to an end.[Photo/CFP]