Children of the Lhasa Caiquan Welfare School perform the Guozhuang dance, a kind of folk dance of the Tibetan ethnic group, to celebrate the ethnic group's New Year's Day in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, Feb. 28, 2006.
Dawa, an orphaned boy of the Lhasa Caiquan Welfare School, smiles as he stands beside "Qiema", a two-tier rectangular wooden box containing roasted barley and food prepared with butter, parched barley meal and sugar.
Two lamas prepare the offerings for the New Year in the Gongdelin Temple.
Crew women of Sichuan Air company enjoy a local family's celebration.
Children wearing splendid garments celebrated the New Year, one of the Tibetan ethnic group's most important festivals, which enjoys a history of thousands of years.
Sheepsheads and yak butter flowers, offerings placed on the Buddhist niches, are sold at a market.
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