Young girls receive blessings from a senior family member as they celebrate the New Year of Tibetan Calendar in Damxung County of southwest China’s Tibet Autonomous Region, March 2, 2012.
Friday is the 9th day of Tibetan’s Water Dragon year. According to the traditions, a series of celebrations will be held in the first fifteen days of the new year. <Photo: Xinhua/Wen Tao>
