Tibet gets ready to welcome new year in traditional way(1/6)

A vendor sells butter figurines in Lhasa, Tibet, on Jan. 22, 2019. As Losar, or Tibetan New Year, draws near, people in Lhasa get busy with their annual shopping. Art made of butter, mouthwatering pastries, colorful home decorations all symbolize new hope for an auspicious new year. (Photo/Xinhua)

Tibetan pastry "khapse" is seen on the street of Lhasa, Jan. 22, 2019. (Photo/Xinhua)

Customers buy new bowls in Lhasa, Jan. 22, 2019. (Photo/Xinhua)

A carefully molded butter figurine pictured in Lhasa, Jan. 22, 2019. (Photo/Xinhua)

A goat-shaped handicraft for new year decorations pictured on Jan. 22, 2019. (Photo/Xinhua)

Colorful wheat decorations seen on Jan. 22, 2019. (Photo/Xinhua)