Lanterns ushering in the Chinese Lunar New Year of the Ox are hung at a temporary housing area for those who lost their homes in the May 12 earthquake in Mianzhu, Sichuan province January 7, 2009. Red decorations are customarily used by the Chinese to usher in the Spring Festival, or the start of Chinese Lunar New Year, which begins on January 26 this year. [Agencies]
