A saleswoman shows a teapot made of purple sand with an ox head-shaped spout, at a shop in Suzhou, east China's Jiangsu Province, on December 31, 2008. As the Chinese Year of Ox, the lunar New Year, draws near, teapots decorated with the image of oxen are sold well. The Chinese New Year starts from January. 26 according to the traditional lunar calendar. [Xinhua]

A saleswoman shows a purple sand teapot with its lid decorated with the image of ox, at a shop in Suzhou, east China's Jiangsu Province, December 31, 2008. [Xinhua]