Home / Video / Breaking News / China Tools: Save | Print | E-mail | Most Read | Comment
Upcoming Chinese Lantern Festival celebrated
Adjust font size:

 

The Lantern Festival is coming up on Monday, the 15th day of the first lunar month. And the whole country is decked out for the celebration.

In Shanghai, the annual lantern show is ready on Yunan Street which has been famous for its old buildings and time-honored restaurants. Thousands of lanterns in various shapes are hung. And the restaurants are ready to impress visitors with Tang Yuan, the glutinous rice dumplings. The dumplings are the staple snack for the festival. Their round shape is considered a symbol of family reunion.

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. [Xinhua]

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. [Xinhua] 



In the 400-year-old Yuyuan Garden, the Spring Festival temple fair has been transformed into a lantern display. On the night of the first full moon of the new year, it's a tradition for people walk carrying lanterns, often shaped like the zodiac animal of the that lunar year.

In Gaocheng City in Hebei Province, requests for lanterns have poured in from around the country. The lanterns are custom-made for businesses. As the year of the Ox has come in China, lanterns with an Ox theme are the most sought-after.

Other popular designs are the traditional symbols for prosperity and luck.

1   2   3   4   5    


Tools: Save | Print | E-mail | Most Read Bookmark and Share
Comment
Pet Name
Anonymous
China Archives
Related >>
Most popular >>
Fashion designer Luo Zheng Fashion designer Luo Zheng
Feng's new movie If You Are The One hits big screen Sexy Hsu Chi's movie - If You Are The One
Easter eggs promote 'NAIVE art' Easter eggs promote 'naive art'
Chinese Kung Fu -- Emei Kung Fu
Short haircut is all the rage in 2009 Short haircut is all the rage in 2009
Recommended >>
US unveils new defense budget plan
2nd Navel Fleet sails for Gulf of Aden
Kungfu Cyborg to hit Chinese cinemas
DPRK says satellite launch successful
Lakme fashion week closer on a high

Product Directory
China Search
Country Search
Hot Buys