With the Beijing Olympics drawing near, people are turning enthusiastic and welcoming this great event in their own ways.

　　 Mr. Xie Caihua, a paper-cutting artist in Xiangshan has cut over 30 pieces of work with the theme of the Beijing Olympics. He wants to welcome the Games with paper-cutting art. The tuanhua paper cuts of the five characters of "Bejing Welcomes You" and the character of Jing are huge ones, each with the diameter of over one meter. Each of the six paper cuts took about three hours to finish.

　　 During the Beijing Olympics and the Paralympics an exhibition named Chinese Stories cosponsored by the Organizing Committee of the Beijing Olympics and the Ministry of Culture will be held at the Olympic Park. The tiger shoes made by Ying Meijun of Yinzhou will be included in the exhibition. Tiger shoes is a kind of handicraft of both utility and artistic taste. To make a pair of tiger shoes, 13 processes are needed, involving a lot of needling work. The uppers are made of colorful silk fabric.

　　 Shen Yuchao, an egg carver in Yuyao, carved the five fuwa on the egg shells. Shen Yuchao said:" The fuwa is very cute. I carved them on eggshells to send my wishes for the Beijing Olympics. "

　　 In Ninghai, parents had their children had an Olympic haircut. They want to use it to publicize the Beijing Olympics Mr. Yang said:"I want to use the Olympic haircut to cheer for China and for the Beijing Olympics."

　　 In Zhenhai about 100 students gather together for a joint painting for the Beijing Olympics. Via the painting, they express their best wishes for Beijing. Gu Jiayu, a student said:"We wish a great success of the Beijing Olympics."