A customer selects a traditional container symbolizing a good harvest at a store in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, Feb. 6, 2012. Local residents of Lhasa started preparing food and home decorations to greet the coming Tibetan New Year, which falls on Feb. 22 this year. People of Tibetan ethnic group are able to enjoy two long holidays in 2012 to celebrate Chinese Lunar New Year and Tibetan New Year respectively. [Photo by Chogo/Xinhua]

A shop assistant prepares special food for Tibetan New Year at a store in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, Feb. 6, 2012. Local residents of Lhasa started preparing food and home decorations to greet the coming Tibetan New Year, which falls on Feb. 22 this year. People of Tibetan ethnic group are able to enjoy two long holidays in 2012 to celebrate Chinese Lunar New Year and Tibetan New Year respectively. [Photo by Chogo/Xinhua]

A shop assistant prepares kasai, a kind of fried flour buns, at a store in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, Feb. 6, 2012. Local residents of Lhasa started preparing food and home decorations to greet the coming Tibetan New Year, which falls on Feb. 22 this year. People of Tibetan ethnic group are able to enjoy two long holidays in 2012 to celebrate Chinese Lunar New Year and Tibetan New Year respectively. [Photo by Chogo/Xinhua]

A Tibetan child shows the propitious barley ears in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, Feb. 6, 2012. Local residents of Lhasa started preparing food and home decorations to greet the coming Tibetan New Year, which falls on Feb. 22 this year. People of Tibetan ethnic group are able to enjoy two long holidays in 2012 to celebrate Chinese Lunar New Year and Tibetan New Year respectively. [Photo by Chogo/Xinhua]

Photo taken on Feb. 6, 2012 shows the sheep head ornaments, a symbol of good year, on sale at a shop in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region. Local residents of Lhasa started preparing food and home decorations to greet the coming Tibetan New Year, which falls on Feb. 22 this year. People of Tibetan ethnic group are able to enjoy two long holidays in 2012 to celebrate Chinese Lunar New Year and Tibetan New Year respectively. [Photo by Chogo/Xinhua]