Residents of Linfen city in Shanxi province dance with colored silks on Dec 30 to celebrate the coming New Year. [Photo/Shanxi Daily]

Musicians play the guqin, a plucked seven-string traditional Chinese instrument, at Shanxi Library in Taiyuan on Dec 30. A New Year concert featuring the best of Shanxi's culture was held at the library on the same day. [Photo/Xinhua]