Sweet rice cake made for the upcoming Chinese New Year

A villager makes rice cakes at Lijiazhuang Village in Jimo District, Shandong Province on January 24, 2019. Making and eating hand-made rice cake is a traditional custom to welcome the Chinese New Year across Jimo District in Shandong Province. Local villagers use rice and glutinous rice to make cakes in the shape of auspicious fish and ingots for praying and blessing good fortunes on the New Year. [Photo: Xinhua]