An actor prepares backstage before a performance in a remote village in Yichuan county, Henan province, February 10, 2014. An opera troupe consisting of 70 actors from Luoyang embarked on a tour of small villages in Henan on the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, and the cold weather so far has not prevented the tour from thriving. [Photo by Gao Shanyue/Asianewsphoto]