Miao people prepare firecrackers to celebrate their traditional Nianchang Festival, which fell on Tuesday, in Longwo village, Maige Miao and Bouyei ethnic township, Guiyang of Guizhou province. Miao people welcome new year and pay tribute to their ancestors by lighting millions of firecrackers and performing Lusheng, a reed-pipe wind instrument, on the day. [Photo/VCG]