Spring Festival celebrations come to a close
The Spring Festival marking the year of the snake is finally coming to a close. On Sunday night, people all over joined in the final celebration, the Lantern Festival.
Foreigners in capital get a taste of Lantern Festival
Chinese celebrate Lantern Festival by eating yuanxiao, sweet dumplings made with glutinous rice flour, along with many other traditions.
Chinese celebrate Lantern Festival nationwide
People around the country took part in various activities to celebrate the Lantern Festival, which falls on Sunday, marking the first full moon of the Chinese Lunar New Year.
Waist drum dance greets Chinese Lantern Festival
Actors perform waist drum dance in Ansai County of Yan'an City, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, Feb. 22, 2013. The performance was given to greet the upcoming Lantern Festival, which falls on Feb. 24 this year.
Dragon dance performed in firecrackers in Guangxi
Locals and tourists enjoy the annual firecracker dragon festival to mark the Spring Festival, or Chinese Lunar New Year, in Binyang County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Feb. 20, 2013.
Chinese receive Lantern Festival on Feb. 24
People enjoy lanterns at Daguan Park in Kunming, capital of southwest China's Yunnan Province, Feb. 23, 2013.
