Amai Cering (center) is helped by her granddaughter Xiaobai (left) and daughter Yangjin to stand up before taking a walk in Lhasa March 14 2008. Cering, born on March 16 1891, celebrated her birthday in Lhasa two days before she turned to 117 years old on March 16 2008.

 (Xinhua News Agency, March 19, 2008)