Elderly dancers perform folk dance in Shenyang on December 29, 2007. To celebrate New Year 2008, more than 1200 people from 27 folk dancing goups in Shenyang attended folk dance competition held at a theater in Shenyang. The folk dance called Da Yang Ge (大秧歌) has gained wide popularity in Liaoning province among old people, which is believed to be able to bring health and happiness.