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Rural shopping spree for Spring Festival

(chinadaily.com.cn)
Updated: 2010-02-03 15:58
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Rural shopping spree for Spring Festival 
A vendor picks a piece of bed sheet at a rural market in Yongning county in Yinchuan, Northwest China's Ningxia Hui autonomous region, February 2, 2010. As the Spring Festival, which falls on February 14 this year, draws near, Chinese people in rural areas are busy with festival shopping in nearing towns. [Photo/Xinhua]

Rural shopping spree for Spring Festival
A vendor sorts out Spring Festival couplets at a rural market in Yongning county in Yinchuan, Northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, February 2, 2010. Pasting couplets on gateposts or door panels around the festival is traditional Chinese custom. As the Spring Festival, which falls on February 14 this year, draws near, Chinese people in rural areas are busy with festival shopping in nearing towns. [Photo/Xinhua]