Celebrating a festival of spring

Participants vie to get a "firecracker" shot to the sky during a "firecracker festival" on the third day of the third lunar month in Fulu township, Sanjiang Dong autonomous county in Southwest China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, March 24, 2012. During the "fight for firecracker" game, participants compete in three rounds to get a "firecracker", a hoop wound with red cloth that is shot to the air by a special canon. The "fight for firecracker" is an important activity during the firecracker festival and a traditional sport for ethnic groups in Guangxi. [Photo/Xinhua]

A winner of the "fight for firecracker" is cheered by other participants during a "firecracker festival" on the third day of the third lunar month in Fulu township, Sanjiang Dong autonomous county in Southwest China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, March 24, 2012. About tens of thousands of people from Guangxi, Hunan and Guizhou celebrated the festival on Saturday. [Photo/Xinhua]