Visitors walk under lanterns during a trial lighting for the 2013 Taipei lantern festival in Taipei, southeast China's Taiwan, Feb. 16, 2013. The lantern festival, which is to celebrate the Chinese traditional Lantern Festival, will kick off on Feb. 21. The Lantern Festival falls on the 15th day of the first month of the Chinese lunar calendar, or Feb. 24 this year. (Xinhua/Wu Ching-teng)
Visitors view lanterns during a trial lighting for the 2013 Taipei lantern festival in Taipei, southeast China's Taiwan, Feb. 16, 2013. The lantern festival, which is to celebrate the Chinese traditional Lantern Festival, will kick off on Feb. 21. The Lantern Festival falls on the 15th day of the first month of the Chinese lunar calendar, or Feb. 24 this year. (Xinhua/Wu Ching-teng)
Visitors view lanterns during a trial lighting for the 2013 Taipei lantern festival in Taipei, southeast China's Taiwan, Feb. 16, 2013. The lantern festival, which is to celebrate the Chinese traditional Lantern Festival, will kick off on Feb. 21. The Lantern Festival falls on the 15th day of the first month of the Chinese lunar calendar, or Feb. 24 this year. (Xinhua/Wu Ching-teng)
Photo taken on Feb. 16, 2013 shows a snake-shaped lantern during a trial lighting for the 2013 Taipei lantern festival in Taipei, southeast China's Taiwan. The lantern festival, which is to celebrate the Chinese traditional Lantern Festival, will kick off on Feb. 21. The Lantern Festival falls on the 15th day of the first month of the Chinese lunar calendar, or Feb. 24 this year. (Xinhua/Wu Ching-teng)