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UPDATED: 08:55, February 23, 2005 |
| Cities, counties decorated for Lantern Festival |
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People choose and buy lanterns in a lantern market in Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu Province, Feb. 22, 2005. People in the city rushed to buy lanterns for the Chinese traditional Lantern Festival, which falls on Feb. 23 this year.
The night scene in the Spurting Spring Park in Jinan, capital of east China's Shandong Province, Feb. 21, 2005. Thousands of colorful light decorate the park with the approach of Lantern Festival, a public holiday which falls on Feb. 23 this year.
Visitors scatter about the street in the Confucius Temple area, a famous business district in Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu Province, late Feb. 21, 2005. Pedestrians admire the festive lanterns to celebrate Lantern Festival.
Villagers carrying wooden benches decorated in the pattern of a dragon walk in the village of Pujiang County, east China's Zhejiang Province Feb. 21, 2005. Such centuries-old traditional activity usually starts on Jan. 12 of China��s lunar calendar and comes to its end at the Lantern Festival, a major public holiday that falls on Feb. 23 this year.
An old man and his grandson view lanterns made of wastes during a lantern show in Hangzhou, capital of east China's Zhejiang Province, Feb. 22, 2005. More than 200 lanterns were displayed in the show to celebrate the Chinese traditional Lantern Festival.
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