Ni Linmei combs out her long hair on Dec 6, 2011. The 55-year-old woman, who lives in Taiyuan, the capital city of Shanxi province, has become famous for her big braid in her community. She started growing her hair when she was 14, and it has grown to 2.53 meters long today. She says her hair grows 16.7 centimeters every year and she plans to apply to the Guinness World Records for longest hair in a few years.[Photo/CFP] 

A sales representative poses behind a nine-tael 24K gold in the shape of a dragon forming the numerals "2012", symbolizing the upcoming Year of the Dragon, at a Chow Tai Fook Jewellery store in Hong Kong Dec 6, 2011. [Photo/Agencies]