Medical workers gather at a curbed community Monday to conduct Covid-19 tests for residents in Xi’an, Northwest China’s Shaanxi province. The city is under strict restrictions due to the current Covid-19 outbreak. Photographer Wang Jing recorded the daily life through the lens in the lockdown. Photo: Wang Jing/Caixin special contributor

A nucleic acid testing site is operating at night on Dec. 23, the day the city imposed a lockdown. Photo: Wang Jing/Caixin special contributor

People talk through the gate of a closed community on Dec. 24. Photo: Wang Jing/Caixin special contributor

A man is seen smoking at his window on Dec. 25. Photo: Wang Jing/Caixin special contributor

The Bell Tower area of the city appears empty on Dec. 26. People who live in Xi’an were allowed to go out once in two days at that time. Photo: Wang Jing/Caixin special contributor

The city looks gloomy during sunset on Dec. 27. Streets are emptier as a tougher order requires non-essential vehicles to be off the roads. Photo: Wang Jing/Caixin special contributor

Lights from a residential building illuminate the night on Dec. 28. Starting that day, residents who live in Yanta district were required to take daily Covid-19 tests. Buying food online or offline has become hard with local shops closed due to the epidemic prevention requirements. Photo: Wang Jing/Caixin special contributor

A beam of sunlight illuminates the empty playground of a nearby school on Dec. 29. Photo: Wang Jing/Caixin special contributor

A kid skips rope on the top of a building on Dec. 29. Photo: Wang Jing/Caixin special contributor

A resident sees through a peephole a neighbor taking a nucleic acid test on Thursday in Xi’an, Northwest China’s Shaanxi province. Photo: Wang Jing/Caixin special contributor

Vegetables donated from a Baoji city-based company are arranged in Chinese characters that mean “appreciation” on Dec. 31. Photo: Wang Jing/Caixin special contributor

An official seal is seen posted on the right side of a door on new year’s day. Photo: Wang Jing/Caixin special contributor

Photographer Wang Jing stands outside his door after a day of volunteering on Jan. 2. Photo: Wang Jing/Caixin special contributor

A sudden failure of the city’s health code system provides a break for the community’s volunteers on Jan. 4. Photo: Wang Jing/Caixin special contributor