A girl shows New Year decorations in the shape of ox at a wholesale market in Beijing, capital of China, on January 3, 2009. As the Chinese lunar New Year approaches, Spring Festival decorations are becoming popular. The Chinese lunar New Year will start from January 26 this year. [Xinhua]

A woman buys New Year decorations shaped in ox at a shopping mall in Binzhou, east China's Shandong Province, on January 3, 2009. [Xinhua]