Feb. 7, 2010 --

Women buy plastic flowers at a rural fair in Zaozhuang City, east China's Shandong Province, Feb. 6, 2010. Festive fairs and markets are booming everywhere as people shop for the upcoming Chinese Lunar New Year that falls on Feb. 14, 2010.(Xinhua/Li Zongxian)

A woman chooses new year decorations at a market in Suining City, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Feb. 6, 2010. (Xinhua/Zhong Min)

Women choose new year decorations at a shop in Rongshui County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of southwest China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Feb. 6, 2010. (Xinhua/Long Linzhi)

People choose new year decorations at a wholesale market in Kaifeng City, central China's Henan Province, Feb. 6, 2010. (Xinhua/Li Junsheng)

People buy Niangao, a traditional pastry made of glutinous rice that is eaten in the lunar New Year, at a market in Taipei, southeast China's island province of Taiwan, Feb. 7, 2010. (Xinhua/Wu Ching-teng)