A villager collects chufa, or the water chestnut, in the field in Xiadao Village of Er'tang Town, Hezhou, southwest China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, January 19, 2010. Chufa planted in the area are reaped in bumper harvest. [Xinhua]

Local craftsmen make pyrograph of Tiger pattern on cucurbits for the approaching Year of Tiger according to Chinese lunar calendar at Luzhuang Village of Liaocheng, east China's Shandong Province, January 19, 2010. [Xinhua]