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China celebrates upcoming Lantern Festival
2009-02-08 12:45

->>Jubilant Lantern Festival (Yuan Xiao)

 


  Tourists enjoy the sightseeing lanterns at the Yuyuan Garden in Shanghai, east China, Feb. 7, 2009. The 3-day lantern show celebrating the Chinese Lantern Festival openend on Saturday. The Chinese traditional Lantern Festival will fall on the 15th day of the first month on the Chinese lunar calendar, or Feb. 9 this year.



  Tourists enjoy the sightseeing lanterns at the Yuyuan Garden in Shanghai, east China, Feb. 7, 2009. The 3-day lantern show celebrating the Chinese Lantern Festival openend on Saturday. The Chinese traditional Lantern Festival will fall on the 15th day of the first month on the Chinese lunar calendar, or Feb. 9 this year.


  Tourists enjoy the sightseeing lanterns at the Yuyuan Garden in Shanghai, east China, Feb. 7, 2009. The 3-day lantern show celebrating the Chinese Lantern Festival openend on Saturday. The Chinese traditional Lantern Festival will fall on the 15th day of the first month on the Chinese lunar calendar, or Feb. 9 this year.



  Tourists enjoy the sightseeing lanterns at the Yuyuan Garden in Shanghai, east China, Feb. 7, 2009. The 3-day lantern show celebrating the Chinese Lantern Festival openend on Saturday. The Chinese traditional Lantern Festival will fall on the 15th day of the first month on the Chinese lunar calendar, or Feb. 9 this year.




  Tourists enjoy the sightseeing lanterns at the Yuyuan Garden in Shanghai, east China, Feb. 7, 2009. The 3-day lantern show celebrating the Chinese Lantern Festival openend on Saturday. The Chinese traditional Lantern Festival will fall on the 15th day of the first month on the Chinese lunar calendar, or Feb. 9 this year.



  Some returned migrant workers perform dragon dances to greet the Lantern Festival, a traditional Chinese festival falling on the fifteen day of the first month of the lunar calendar, in Yudu County of east China's Jiangxi Province, Feb. 6, 2009. Nine dragon dance teams formed by returned migrant workers from large cities gathered in Yudu County and took part in the Lantern Festival celebration. About 20 percent returned migrant workers have found new jobs or got employed by themselves in Yudu, a major source of migrant workers.




  a returned migrant worker performs dragon dances to greet the Lantern Festival, a traditional Chinese festival falling on the 15th day of the first month of the Chinese Lunar Year, in Yudu County of east China's Jiangxi Province, Feb. 6, 2009. Nine dragon dance teams formed by returned migrant workers from large cities gathered in Yudu County and took part in the Lantern Festival celebration. About 20 percent returned migrant workers have found new jobs or got employed by themselves in Yudu, a major source of migrant workers.



  Villagers perform Banqiao dragon lantern dance at Zhangshu Township of Yushan County, east China's Jiangxi Province, Feb. 7, 2009. The Banqiao dragon lantern, with a length of 400 meters, has a history of hundreds of years. The villagers will perform Banqiao dragon lantern dance for three successive nights to celebrate the Chinese traditional Lantern Festival, which falls on the 15th day of the first month of the Chinese Lunar Year, or Feb. 9 this year.

Source:Xinhua