A postal official shows stamps marking the Chinese traditional lunar Jichou Year of 2009 at a post office in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province on January 5, 2009. The stamps, with the image of ox marking the Jichou Year of 2009, was issued by the State Post Bureau nationwide on Monday. [Xinhua]

A postal official shows the first day cover of a stamp marking the Chinese traditional lunar Jichou Year of 2009 at a post office in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province on January 5, 2009. [Xinhua]