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Lantern Festival is celebrated on the 15th day of the
first month of traditional Chinese calendar.
As the first important festival after the traditional Chinese New Year
(Spring Festival), it is also the first night to see a full moon, and it
marks the end of the two-week New Year holiday period. During Lantern
Festival, people get together to celebrate the beginning of spring by
watching lanterns, fireworks and eating Yuanxiao (sweet stuffed
dumplings made of glutinous rice flour served in soup).
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Fireworks explode to celebrate the Lantern Festival in Huizhou,
Guangdong Province
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Villagers perform the annual "dragon march" to celebrate the Lantern
Festival in Gutian township, Fujian province. The marching dragon, made
of paper and bamboo and connected by wood planks, set a new Guinness
World Records for the longest parade float, at 791.5 metres, according
to local media.
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Performers take part in a dragon dance to celebrate the Lantern Festival
in Lianong, China's Northern Shenyang province.
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A dragon dance is performed amid fireworks during a Lantern Festival
celebration in Chongqing municipality.
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Chinese folk artists perform a stilt dance for the Chinese Lantern
Festival at a celebration event in Qingdao city, eastern China's
Shandong province.
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