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UPDATED: 09:20, February 22, 2005 |
| People across China greet Lantern Festival |
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Villagers wield wooden benches decorated in the pattern of a dragon with a length of about 300 meters in Miaojia Village of Shangrao County, east China's Jiangxi Province late Feb. 20, 2005. The "dragon" consists of more than 130 wooden benches, to which many lanterns with paper-cut artworks are attached so as to celebrate Lantern Festival, a major public holiday that falls on Feb. 24.
Villagers wield wooden benches decorated in the pattern of a dragon with a length of about 300 meters in Miaojia Village of Shangrao County, east China's Jiangxi Province late Feb. 20, 2005.
People in traditional costumes play drums during a performance to welcome the upcoming Lantern Festival in Xining, capital city of northwest China's Qinghai Province, Feb. 21, 2005. This year's Lantern Festival falls on Feb. 23, the 15th day of the first month according to the Chinese lunar calendar.
Colorful lanterns in the Baotu Spring Park in Jinan, capital of east China's Shandong Province, Feb. 20, 2005. The park has been decorated to celebrate the Chinese traditional Festival of Lanterns, which falls on Feb. 23.
Lanterns in the Baotu Spring Park in Jinan, capital of east China's Shandong Province, Feb. 20, 2005. The park has been decorated to celebrate the Chinese traditional Festival of Lanterns, which falls on Feb. 23.
Lanterns in the Wenmiao Scenic Area in Quanzhou, southeast China's Fujian Province, Feb. 20, 2005. As an important component of the Fourth Marine Silk Road Cultural Festival of Quanzhou, the Wenmiao lantern show will start on Feb. 21.
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