Customers choose the lanterns at a market in Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu Province on February 16, 2008, to celebrate the upcoming traditional Chinese Lantern Festival that falls on February 21. [Xinhua]
Red lanterns are displayed along roadside in Taiyuan, capital of northwest China's Shanxi Province on February 16, 2008 to celebrate the upcoming traditional Chinese Lantern Festival that falls on February 21. [Xinhua]
Customers choose the lanterns at a market in Fuzhou, capital of southeast China's Fujian Province on February 16, 2008. Lanterns in various forms are displayed in the city to celebrate the upcoming traditional Chinese Lantern Festival that falls on February 21. [Xinhua]
People guess hanged riddles at a pedestrian street in Ziyang Town of Wuyuan County, east China's Jiangxi Province, February 15, 2008. [Xinhua]
A woman with her baby in arms looks at a lantern displayed on a square in Fuzhou, capital of south China’s Fujian Province on February 16, 2008. [Xinhua]
A boy chooses the lanterns at a market in Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu Province on February 16, 2008. Lanterns in various forms are seen in the city's market to celebrate the upcoming traditional Chinese Lantern Festival that falls on February 21. [Xinhua]
Customers choose the lanterns in a market in Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu Province on February 16, 2008. [Xinhua]
Several people enjoy the lantern display at the People's Park in Zhengzhou, capital of Henan Province, ahead of the upcoming Lantern Festival, February 14, 2008. The Chinese Lantern Festival falls on the 15th day of the first lunar month, when people eat dumplings made with glutinous rice flour and look at lanterns. [Xinhua]
A child looks at a lantern featuring a cartoon pig at the People's Park in Zhengzhou, capital of Henan Province, ahead of the upcoming Lantern Festival, February 14, 2008. [Xinhua]
A giant lantern in the shape of an elephant is displayed at the People's Park in Zhengzhou, capital of Henan Province, ahead of the upcoming Lantern Festival February 14, 2008. [Xinhua]