Colorful activities celebrate upcoming Lantern Festival throughout China
2023-02-04
People look at lanterns at a shopping mall in Yantai, Shandong province, Feb 1, 2023. Various folk activities are being held across the country to celebrate the Lantern Festival, which falls on February 5 this year. [Photo by Tang Ke/For chinadaily.com.cn]
Performers rehearse for
yangge, a traditional folk dance, in Yantai of Shandong province, Feb 2, 2023. Various folk activities are being held across the country to celebrate the Lantern Festival, which falls on February 5 this year. [Photo by Sun Wentan/For chinadaily.com.cn]
A high-stage lion dance is performed at a folk culture village in Zhangye of Gansu province, Feb 2, 2023. Various folk activities are being held across the country to celebrate the Lantern Festival, which falls on February 5 this year. [Photo by Wang Jiang/For chinadaily.com.cn]
Volunteers hand out
tangyuan, a kind of stuffed small dumpling ball made of glutinous rice flour, to passengers at Nantong Railway Station in Nantong, Jiangsu province, Feb 1, 2023. Various activities are being held across the country to celebrate the Lantern Festival, which falls on February 5 this year. [Photo by Xu Congjun/For chinadaily.com.cn]
Contestants participate in a traditional wrestling game in Yuncheng city of Shanxi province on Feb 2, 2023. [Photo by Shi Yunping/For chinadaily.com.cn]
International students from Jiangsu University pose for a photo with rabbit-shaped lanterns at a community in Zhenjiang city of Jiangsu province, Feb 1, 2023. [Photo by Shi Yucheng/For chinadaily.com.cn]
Women in traditional Chinese clothes solve riddles on a lantern during a Lantern Festival celebration activity held in Zhejiang's Wenling city on Feb 3, 2023. [Photo by Jin Yunguo/For chinadaily.com.cn]
Children release water lanterns on a river during a Lantern Festival celebration in Huzhou city of Zhejiang province on Feb 2, 2023. [Photo by Xie Shangguo/For chinadaily.com.cn]
The largest array of lights in China, the Jiuqu Yellow River Lights Array, is lit up in Zhangye, Gansu province on Jan 31, 2023. [Photo by Yang Yongwei/For chinadaily.com.cn]
A light show brings colors to the night sky in Liangping district of Chongqing on Feb 2, 2023. [Photo by Liu Hui/For chinadaily.com.cn]
