Actors perform traditional cross talk at the Ditan temple fair in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 13, 2010. The temple fairs, or "Miaohui" in Chinese, are usually held during Chinese Spring Festival to celebrate the traditional lunar New Year, which falls on Feb. 14 this year. [Xinhua]

Calligrapher Mei Aoxue writes a large Chinese character "chun", meaning "spring", during a cultural temple fair in Jinan, capital of east China's Shandong Province, Feb. 13, 2010. The 15th Minghu Lake Spring Festival Cultural Temple Fair was opened in Jinan on Saturday. [Xinhua]