Lanterns are seen at the media preview of the annual Spring Festival lantern exhibition in Hong Kong, south China, Jan. 19, 2017. The lantern exhibition will last from Jan. 20 to Feb. 19 for the Spring Festival, or the Chinese traditional lunar New Year, which starts on Jan. 28 this year. (Xinhua/Liu Yun)
Lanterns are seen at the media preview of the annual Spring Festival lantern exhibition in Hong Kong, south China, Jan. 19, 2017. The lantern exhibition will last from Jan. 20 to Feb. 19 for the Spring Festival, or the Chinese traditional lunar New Year, which starts on Jan. 28 this year. (Xinhua/Liu Yun)
Visitors view lanterns during an international light art festival in Hancheng, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, Jan. 20, 2017. The light festival, themed on the Belt and Road Initiative, kicked off here on Saturday, displaying over 500 sets of light works. (Xinhua/Tao Ming)
Visitors view lanterns during an international light art festival in Hancheng, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, Jan. 20, 2017. The light festival, themed on the Belt and Road Initiative, kicked off here on Saturday, displaying over 500 sets of light works. (Xinhua/Tao Ming)
Visitors view lanterns during an international light art festival in Hancheng, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, Jan. 20, 2017. The light festival, themed on the Belt and Road Initiative, kicked off here on Saturday, displaying over 500 sets of light works. (Xinhua/Tao Ming)
A worker hangs red lanterns on Dongchang East Road in Liaocheng, east China's Shandong Province, Jan. 17, 2017. Streets in Liaocheng have been decorated with red lanterns to greet the Spring Festival, or the Chinese traditional lunar New Year, which falls on Jan. 28 this year. (Xinhua/Zhao Yuguo)
People walk under red lanterns on the Zhongshan Bridge across the Yellow River in Lanzhou, capital of northwest China's Gansu Province, Jan. 17, 2017. More than 1,000 lanterns have been put up on the Zhongshan Bridge to greet the Spring Festival, or the Chinese traditional lunar New Year, which falls on Jan. 28 this year. (Xinhua/Fan Peishen)
Tourists visit a lantern fair to celebrate the upcoming Spring Festival in Kaifeng, central China's Henan Province, Jan. 20, 2017. (Xinhua/Li Junsheng)
Tourists visit a lantern fair to celebrate the upcoming Spring Festival in Kaifeng, central China's Henan Province, Jan. 20, 2017. (Xinhua/Li Junsheng)
With the Chinese Spring Festival just around the corner, Shanghai's streets have filled with decorative lanterns, Spring Festival scrolls and rooster-shaped ornaments, getting people into the holiday spirit.
With the Chinese Spring Festival just around the corner, Shanghai's streets have filled with decorative lanterns, Spring Festival scrolls and rooster-shaped ornaments, getting people into the holiday spirit.
Tourists visit a lantern fair held at underground cave dwellings in Shanzhou District of Sanmenxia, central China's Henan Province, Jan. 13, 2017. The lantern fair displaying 151 illuminated lantern groups kicked off on Friday and will last till Feb. 28. The underground cave dwelling in Shanzhou is a specific architectural style in western regions of Henan. (Xinhua/Li Bo)
Tourists visit a lantern fair held at underground cave dwellings in Shanzhou District of Sanmenxia, central China's Henan Province, Jan. 13, 2017. The lantern fair displaying 151 illuminated lantern groups kicked off on Friday and will last till Feb. 28. The underground cave dwelling in Shanzhou is a specific architectural style in western regions of Henan. (Xinhua/Li Bo)
Zhang Guichen, 48, owner of a red lantern workshop, checks red lanterns made for Spring Festival decorations in Shijing Village of Wuzhi County, central China's Henan Province, Jan. 13, 2017. The Spring Festival, or the Chinese Lunar New Year, falls on Jan. 28 this year. (Xinhua/Feng Dapeng)
Children play with a red lantern made for Spring Festival decorations in Shijing Village of Wuzhi County, central China's Henan Province, Jan. 13, 2017. The Spring Festival, or the Chinese Lunar New Year, falls on Jan. 28 this year. (Xinhua/Feng Dapeng)
Villagers air red lanterns made for Spring Festival decorations in Shijing Village of Wuzhi County, central China's Henan Province, Jan. 13, 2017. The Spring Festival, or the Chinese Lunar New Year, falls on Jan. 28 this year. (Xinhua/Feng Dapeng)
Photo taken on Jan. 13, 2017 shows workers decorating the giant carp lantern in Xu'en County, central China's Hubei Province. With a length of 11 meters, the lantern is made by traditional craftsmen and will be shown to public before the Spring Festival. (Xinhua/Song Wen)
Visitors view the lanterns during a trial display of the lantern festival in Yuyuan Garden in east China's Shanghai Municipality, Jan. 13, 2017. The lantern fair in Yuyuan Garden, one of China's national intangible cultural heritages, is a key cultural event in Shanghai during the Spring Festival. (Xinhua/Liu Ying)
Visitors view the lanterns during a trial display of the lantern festival in Yuyuan Garden in east China's Shanghai Municipality, Jan. 13, 2017. The lantern fair in Yuyuan Garden, one of China's national intangible cultural heritages, is a key cultural event in Shanghai during the Spring Festival. (Xinhua/Liu Ying)
A little girl plays with a red lantern in a lantern workshop in Beileng Township of Wenxian County, central China's Henan Province, Jan. 12, 2017. Villagers need to keep up with the lantern orders to meet the Spring Festival market demand. The Spring Festival falls on Jan. 28 this year. (Xinhua/Xu Hongxing)
Villagers make red lanterns in Beileng Township of Wenxian County, central China's Henan Province, Jan. 12, 2017. Villagers need to keep up with the lantern orders to meet the Spring Festival market demand. The Spring Festival falls on Jan. 28 this year. (Xinhua/Xu Hongxing)
Staff members prepare lanterns for the coming Chinese Lunar New Year in Macao, south China, Jan. 10, 2017. The Chinese Lunar New Year falls on Jan. 28, 2017. (Xinhua/Cheong Kam Ka)
A staff member prepares lanterns for the coming Chinese Lunar New Year in Macao, south China, Jan. 10, 2017. The Chinese Lunar New Year falls on Jan. 28, 2017. (Xinhua/Cheong Kam Ka)
Workers from Kaiming Lantern Factory make lanterns at Luyang Industrial Park in Hefei, capital of east China's Anhui Province, Jan. 11, 2017. Taking orders from home and abroad, Kaiming produces more than 3,000 lanterns per day and becomes one of the world's major lantern manufacturers. Producing processes of traditional Chinese lanterns cannot be fully mechanized and require manual work. (Xinhua/Guo Chen)
A worker from Kaiming Lantern Factory organizes semi-finished lanterns at Luyang Industrial Park in Hefei, capital of east China's Anhui Province, Jan. 11, 2017. Taking orders from home and abroad, Kaiming produces more than 3,000 lanterns per day and becomes one of the world's major lantern manufacturers. Producing processes of traditional Chinese lanterns cannot be fully mechanized and require manual work. (Xinhua/Guo Chen)
Citizens pass by red lanterns at the Wangjujing shopping district in Beijing, capital of China, Jan. 10, 2017. Decorations like lanterns and streamers appeared across Beijing as the lunar New Year is coming. (Xinhua/Chen Xiaogen)
People buy Lunar New Year decorations at a market in Yinchuan City, capital of northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Jan. 10, 2017. (Xinhua/Peng Zhaozhi)
People buy Lunar New Year decorations at a market in Yinchuan City, capital of northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Jan. 10, 2017. (Xinhua/Peng Zhaozhi)
Residents select holiday items at a fair on Spring Festival shopping in Hefei, capital of east China's Anhui Province, Jan. 8, 2017. The Spring Festival, or Chinese traditional lunar New Year, starts on Jan. 28 this year. (Xinhua/Guo Chen)
A baby is attracted by red lanterns at a fair on Spring Festival shopping in Nanning, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Jan. 7, 2017. The Spring Festival falls on Jan. 28 this year. (Xinhua/Zhou Hua)
People select New Year decorations at a market in Nanning, capital of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Jan. 4, 2017. The Spring Festival, or Chinese Lunar New Year, will fall on Jan. 28 this year. (Xinhua/Zhou Hua)
Photo taken on Dec. 26, 2016 shows lanterns at an exhibition in Daxing District of Beijing, capital of China. The lantern exhibition will last until Feb. 18, 2017. (Xinhua/Jin Liangkuai)
People visit at the 43th ice-lantern festival in Harbin, capital of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Dec. 26, 2016. The ice-lantern show kicked off here Monday. (Xinhua/Wang Song)
