Villagers send a silk banner to the local authority on the completion ceremony of their newly rebuilt houses at Shifang, a quake-hit city of southwest China's Sichuan Province, on January 23, 2009. [Xinhua]

Locals select antithetical couplet for the imminent Spring Festival at Liangshui County of Longnan City, a quake-hit city of northwest China's Gansu Province, on January 23, 2009. [Xinhua]