‘Yuanxiao’ for Upcoming Lantern Festival

A cook makes the Yuanxiao, glutinous rice flour dumpling with sweetened stuffing, at a Yuanxiao shop in Taiyuan, north China’s Shanxi Province, Jan. 30, 2012, to greet the upcoming Lantern Festival. The Lantern Festival, which is celebrated on the 15th day of Chinese lunar year’s first month, falls upon Feb. 6 this year. <Photo: Xinhua/Zhan Yan>

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