Two little girls pose for photos aside straw-made lions in Longsheng Ethnic Minority Autonomous County of southwest China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Feb. 8, 2008. Local residents in the county seat celebrated the Spring Festival after the county was hit by heavy snowfalls and ice.

Local performers play straw-made lions in Longsheng Ethnic Minority Autonomous County of southwest China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Feb. 8, 2008. Local residents in the county seat celebrated the Spring Festival after the county was hit by heavy snowfalls and ice.

Local performers play straw-made lions in Longsheng Ethnic Minority Autonomous County of southwest China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Feb. 8, 2008. Local residents in the county seat celebrated the Spring Festival after the county was hit by heavy snowfalls and ice.

(Xinhua News Agency February 10, 2008)