People cutting ice from the city moat near Yongdingmen (永定门), Beijing

Facade of a lantern shop with shop signs at New Year's

Puppeteer seated with shadow puppets

Man making a shadow puppet

Fish-shaped lanterns outside a shop at New Year's

Girl with hair ornaments at New Year's

Puppeteer with a collection of shadow puppets hung on a string

Musician with drum, castanets, and stringed instrument accompanying a shadow-puppet performance

Man brushing wallpaper

Boys handpainting wallpaper

Musician with stringed instrument and drum accompanying a shadow-puppet performance

Man hawking paper birds at New Year's

Two women watching a shadow-puppet performance of two figures in a boat

Street vendor selling candied hawthorn berries (tanghulu 糖葫蘆), during Lunar New Year, Beijing

Puppeteer working shadow puppets behind a screen

Woman feeding a child at New Year's

Street vendor selling diabolo tops at New Year's

Boy standing on a tortoise stela and street vendor hawking toys at New Year's

Vendor at Bai yun guan selling paper money in the form of shoes to burn as offerings during New Year's

Musician playing a tang luo to accompany a shadow-puppet performance