Traditional holiday food attracts customers

Workers in a pastry shop pack sweet dumplings in Tianjin, on Feb 21, 2013. As the Lantern Festival approaches, people are getting in line to buy sweet dumplings, a traditional food made of glutinous rice flour and usually served in soup. The Lantern Festival, which falls on Feb 24 this year, will bring the long celebration for the Chinese New Year to an end.[Photo/CFP]

A worker shows the sweet dumplings that are made in his pastry shop in Tianjin, on Feb 21, 2013. As the Lantern Festival approaches, people are getting in line to buy sweet dumplings, a traditional food made of glutinous rice flour and usually served in soup. The Lantern Festival, which falls on Feb 24 this year, will bring the long celebration for the Chinese New Year to an end.[Photo/CFP]