Farmer named Yoindaincog enjoyed Saturday as a normal weekend, feeding his beef cattle with forage in the afternoon in Xiahe County in northwest Gansu Province.

"I planted the grasses myself to grow cattle. I can see a good harvest this year," Yoindaincog said in the afternoon sunshine. The remote Xiahe County revives from the riot on the weekend. Traffic resumed and more people could be seen in main business streets.

People flew to post offices and telephone stations to send mails and pay phone bills. Couples walked along lakeside. Women in colorful Tibetan costumes went out shopping in two or three.

Buses, cars and bikes could been seen and long-distance buses to neighbouring towns started business.

The Labrang Monastory resumed to calm. Voices of lection chanting circled the Tibetan aged people turning prayer wheels.

"The nightmare has gone. Everything seems to be the past," said Jiang Fuxing, a vender who has run a store in Xiahe for eight years.

Jiang purchased a new batch of goods, including vegetables, fruits and commodity, for 5,000 yuan on Thursday. "I have confidence on my future business," Jiang said.

Vegetables and commodities are abundant in Xiyilu Vegetable Market and Duoyoujia Supermarket.

"Prices have not risen," said Yin Wei, a vegetable salesman in Xiyilu Vegetable Market.

In another county suffered from riot in southwest Sichuan province, lives has also get back to normal.

Half of the shop doors on main business streets opened on Saturday in Aba county. Cars, motorcycles and rickshaws run through and people went out for shopping.

The largest free market of agricultural products on Qiatang street has begun to sell various vegetables and meat.

"Official institutions and companies has got back to business since Monday afternoon. Schools will be resumed next Monday, according to the new official schedule," said Chen Shunqing, deputy director of the county's bureau of public affairs.

(Xinhua News Agency, March 23, 2008)