Mascots in the shape of roosters decorate the streets in Baotou, heralding the Year of the Rooster. [Photo/Baotou Evening News]

Red lanterns bring a festival atmosphere to Baotou city. [Photo/Baotou Evening News]

Residents of Baotou enjoy sugar painting, a traditional Chinese art form. Buyers spin an arrow on a wheel to determine a figure and the two-dimensional pieces are created by using hot liquid sugar. [Photo/Baotou Evening News]

A peddler makes bubbles on Arding Street in Baotou. [Photo/Baotou Evening News]

Festive lanterns on display in Baotou, Inner Mongolia autonomous region [Photo/Baotou Evening News]