Nanyang brims with festive atmosphere

Spring Festival, the most important of all traditional Chinese festivities, is just a dozen days away. People across Nanyang are busy in their preparations for the upcoming lunar new year, as more and more craftsmen have descended upon the streets to greet visiting families and enthrall visitors.

A Nanyang elderly sells sugar-coated Monkey King and chicken figurines. [Photo by Gao Song/Nandu Morning Paper]

Two women perform Chinese shadow puppetry behind a screen. [Photo by Gao Song/Nandu Morning Paper]

Customers choose their new year's accessories and decorations [Photo by Gao Song/Nandu Morning Paper]

A merchant paints a butterfly with sugar on a heated iron plate. [Photo by Gao Song/Nandu Morning Paper]