Villagers make Chinese lanterns for Spring Festival (1/8)

Villagers make Chinese lanterns in Yaxi Village of Xianju County, east China's Zhejiang Province, Dec. 18, 2012. As the Spring Festival approaches, workers in Yaxi Village are busy making lanterns, a traditional decoration for Spring Festival in China. The village has more than 200 families and half of them live on lantern making. In 2012, Yaxi Village has produced millions of lanterns, worthing 80 million yuan (some 13 million U.S. dollars). (Xinhua/Cui Xinyu)