Upper Left Actors perform lantern dance during folk lantern dance competition held in E China city. Lower Left A boy chooses the lanterns in a market in capital of E China's Jiangsu province. Right The people of the Miao ethnic group in Qingzhen City and nearby Miao villages started the three-day New Year celebrations on Tuesday, the 13th day of the first month of the Chinese lunar year. Chinese Lantern Festival falls on the 15th day of of the first month of the Chinese lunar year. (Xinhuanet combo)
Workers make Yuanxiao, a round and sweet dumpling made of glutinous rice flour, at a workshop in Tianjin municipality Feb. 19, 2008. (Photo source: China Daily/Agencies)
People of the Miao ethnic group dance together to celebrate the beginning of the Chinese lunar New Year in Qingzhen City, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Feb. 19, 2008. The people of the Miao ethnic group in Qingzhen City and nearby Miao villages started the three-day New Year celebrations on Tuesday, the 13th day of the first month of the Chinese lunar year. (Xinhua Photo)
Pedestrians try to solve lantern riddles on road safety in Zhengzhou,capital city of central China’s Henan Province, on Tuesday, February 19, 2008. (Photo source: CRIENGLISH. com)
Actors perform lantern dance during the second folk lantern dance competition held in Chuzhou city, east China's Anhui province, Feb. 19, 2008. A total of 25 dance teams took part in the lantern dance competition to greet the tradtional Lantern Festival, which falls on Feb. 21 this year. (Xinhua Photo)
A boy chooses the lanterns in a market in Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu Province on Feb. 16, 2008. Lanterns in various forms are seen in the city's market to celebrate the upcoming traditional Chinese Lantern Festival that falls on Feb. 21. (Xinhua/Sun Can)
Four villagers carry two big red lanterns in the shape of Chinese character "chui" (spring) to prepare for the folk performance of greeting the forthcoming Lantern Festival in Changzhi County of north China's Shanxi Province, Feb. 18, 2008. (Xinhua Photo)
