A performer dressed in traditional outfit sings during the celebrations for the lantern festival from Tianjin city.
Lantern Festival originates from the Eastern Han dynasty, in the period AD 25 – AD 220. The Lantern Festival takes place on the 15th day of the year and marks the end of Chinese Spring festival. On that day Chinese people eat rice glue balls which is traditional custom. Here are wonderful photos from across the China, celebrating the lantern festival.
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Visitors stand in front of a giant lantern to celebrate the Lantern Festival at a park in Tianjin.
A folk artist sprays molten iron against a concrete wall to celebrate the Lantern Festival in Nuanquan town of Yuxian County.
People visit a folk performance of spraying molten iron.
Another local artist flings molten iron against a concrete wall, in Nuanquan town to celebrate the lantern festival.
In Beijing,A child tries to lift a red lantern to be hung to decoration.
Villagers wear traditional costumes as they perform Zou Madeng to celebrate the Chinese Lantern Festival (Yuanxiao) in Hefei.
A local performs Yangge Dance at the Xian Culture Plaza in Changchun.
A man sits next to fireworks for sale on a street in Beijing.
Villagers wear traditional outfit to perform l in Yuanxiao.
Children hold cards filled with New Year greetings as they await government officials who are arriving at a community function celebrating Lantern Festival in Shanghai.
A giant ox lantern stands in the square of the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall, near the Taipei.
Sky lanterns float into the night during the Chinese Sky Lantern Festival in Pingsi, Taiwan.
A boy passes by a large ox-shaped lantern at the Qingchuange.
The Moon appears in focus as fireworks explode in the sky over Nanjing.
People set off fireworks in Xian, Shanxi.
A man dressed in traditional costume sits on an electric bicycle while waiting for a performance to celebrate the Lantern Festival.
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