Liu Shengjie (L), a cadre from Beijing, celebrates the Tibetan New Year with his Tibetan friend in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, on February 26, 2009, the second day of the "earth ox" year on the Tibetan calendar. Officials coming from interior areas to aid the region celebrated the Tibetan New Year together with local Tibetans. [Xinhua]

Sun Deyue (1st R), a cadres from Beijing, who is the Doilungdeqen County's party secretary, presents Hada to his Tibetan friend during the Tibetan New Year celebration in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, on February 26, 2009, the second day of the "earth ox" year on the Tibetan calendar. Officials coming from interior areas to aid the region celebrated the Tibetan New Year together with local Tibetans. [Xinhua]