 | Thousands of residents stroll along a commercial district of Nanjiang Road in Shanghai. The week-long Lunar New Year holiday should be a grand opportunity for China's nouveaux riche to display their wealth, but a set of unique factors is preventing conspicuous consumption from taking off. click to open  |
 | Chinese revellers visit the riverside Bund district to celebrate the Lunar New Year in Shanghai February 10, 2005. China continue to enjoy its annual week-long Spring Festival holiday, welcoming the Year of the Rooster. click to open  |
 | A Chinese traffic volunteer keeps watch as revellers walk in an underpass along the Bund district to celebrate the Lunar New Year in Shanghai February 10, 2005. China continues to enjoy its annual week-long Spring Festival holiday, welcoming the Year of the Rooster. click to open  |
 | Tens of thousands of Chinese revellers flock along Nanjing shopping district to celebrate the Chinese New Year in Shanghai February 10, 2005. China continue to enjoy its annual week-long Spring Festival holiday, welcoming the Year of the Rooster. click to open  |
 | Chinese worshippers offer coins for prosperity while praying at Longhua Temple to greet the Lunar New Year in Shanghai February 9, 2005. Tens of thousands of worshippers visited the ancient temple in China's business capital to welcome in the Year of the Rooster. click to open  |
 | A Chinese worshipper prays at Longhua Temple to greet the Lunar New Year in Shanghai February 9, 2005. Tens of thousands of worshippers visited the ancient temple in China's business capital to welcome in the Year of the Rooster. click to open  |
 | A Chinese worshipper offers incense while praying at Longhua Temple to greet the Lunar New Year in Shanghai February 9, 2005. Tens of thousands of worshippers visited the ancient temple in China's business capital to welcome in the Year of the Rooster. click to open  |
 | Chinese worshippers offer incense at Longhua Temple to greet the Lunar New Year in Shanghai February 9, 2005. Tens of thousands of worshippers visited the ancient temple in China's business capital to welcome in the Year of the Rooster. click to open  |
 | Chinese worshippers offer incense at Longhua Temple to greet the Lunar New Year in Shanghai February 9, 2005. Tens of thousands of worshippers visited the ancient temple in China's business capital to welcome in the Year of the Rooster. click to open  |
 | Chinese worshippers pray at Longhua Temple to greet the Lunar New Year in Shanghai February 9, 2005. Tens of thousands of worshippers visited the ancient temple in China's business capital to welcome in the Year of the Rooster. click to open  |