The entrance of a department store in Shanghai is decorated into numbers of "2007" on the eve of the new year on December 28, 2006.

New year lights decorate a major commercial street in Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu Province December 28, 2006.

New year lights decorate a major commercial street in Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu Province December 28, 2006.

A customer picks new year ornaments at a market in Shanghai December 28, 2006.

Pilgrims burn joss sticks at a temple in Shanghai December 28, 2006.

Traditional Chinese dolls are seen in front of a market in Shanghai December 28, 2006.

(China Daily December 30, 2006)