A young boy holds a dragon-shaped sugar painting at a temple fair held during the Spring Festival holiday in Tianjin, north China, Jan. 25, 2012. The Spring Festival, or the Chinese Lunar New Year, which fell on Jan. 23 this year, marked the start of the Year of Dragon, according to the Chinese zodiac. [Xinhua/Zhao Huixiang]

People watch the making of dragon-shaped sugar paintings at a temple fair held during the Spring Festival holiday in Tianjin, north China, Jan. 25, 2012. The Spring Festival, or the Chinese Lunar New Year, which fell on Jan. 23 this year, marked the start of the Year of Dragon, according to the Chinese zodiac. [Xinhua/Zhao Huixiang]

People watch the making of dragon-shaped sugar paintings at a temple fair held during the Spring Festival holiday in Tianjin, north China, Jan. 25, 2012. The Spring Festival, or the Chinese Lunar New Year, which fell on Jan. 23 this year, marked the start of the Year of Dragon, according to the Chinese zodiac. [Xinhua/Zhao Huixiang]

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