A young girl performs to celebrate the upcoming Lantern Festival in Xuyi County of Huai'an City, east China's Jiangsu Province, Feb. 9, 2017. The Lantern Festival falls on Feb. 11 this year. (Xinhua/Zhou Haijun)
Women of Dong ethnic group wearing festival costumes gather at a party to celebrate the upcoming Lantern Festival in Renji Village of Rongjiang County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Feb. 9, 2017. The Lantern Festival falls on Feb. 11 this year. (Xinhua/Wang Bingzhen)
People perform drum dance during a folk competition to celebrate the upcoming Lantern Festival in Xi'an, capital of northwest China's Shaanxi Province, Feb. 10, 2017. The Lantern Festival falls on Feb. 11 this year. (Xinhua/Li Yibo)
People perform drum dance during a folk competition to celebrate the upcoming Lantern Festival in Xi'an, capital of northwest China's Shaanxi Province, Feb. 10, 2017. The Lantern Festival falls on Feb. 11 this year. (Xinhua/Li Yibo)
People perform drum dance during a folk competition to celebrate the upcoming Lantern Festival in Xi'an, capital of northwest China's Shaanxi Province, Feb. 10, 2017. The Lantern Festival falls on Feb. 11 this year. (Xinhua/Li Yibo)
Hundreds of thousands of people gathered to celebrate the Firecracker Dragon Festival in Binyang County, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region on Feb. 7, 2017.
Hundreds of thousands of people gathered to celebrate the Firecracker Dragon Festival in Binyang County, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region on Feb. 7, 2017.
On Feb. 9, performers staged an underwater dragon dance in Harbin Polar Land, an aquarium in Harbin, Heilongjiang province, in celebration of the upcoming Lantern Festival. Dragon dances are a traditional Chinese cultural performance, most often seen during Spring Festival celebrations. (Chinanews.com|Wang Shu)
Tourists visit a lantern fair ahead of the Lantern Festival in the Tang Paradise in Xi'an, capital of northwest China's Shaanxi Province, Feb. 9, 2017. Lantern Festival falls on Feb. 11 this year. (Xinhua/Li Yibo)
A dragon-shaped lantern is displayed ahead of the Lantern Festival in the Tang Paradise in Xi'an, capital of northwest China's Shaanxi Province, Feb. 9, 2017. Lantern Festival falls on Feb. 11 this year. (Xinhua/Li Yibo)
Performers combine cuju (an ancient Chinese ball game) and martial arts. (Photo/zj.people.cn)
On Feb. 9, 2017, residents of Tianshi township in Zhejiang province held a special event to celebrate the upcoming Lantern Festival. Tianshi is regarded by locals as a true "soccer town." The local primary school has offered a soccer curriculum for eight years, and the town's government even included a soccer field construction project in its development plan.
Residents perform Juandilong, a local dragon dance. (Photo/zj.people.cn)
Photo taken on Feb. 10, 2017 shows the lantern illuminated in the Afforestation Garden of Zhengzhou, central China's Henan Province. Lantern Festival which falls on Saturday is celebrated across the country. (Xinhua/Feng Dapeng)
Photo taken on Feb. 10, 2017 shows the lantern illuminated in the Afforestation Garden of Zhengzhou, central China's Henan Province. Lantern Festival which falls on Saturday is celebrated across the country. (Xinhua/Li Bo)
Photo taken on Feb. 10, 2017 shows the lantern illuminated in the Afforestation Garden of Zhengzhou, central China's Henan Province. Lantern Festival which falls on Saturday is celebrated across the country. (Xinhua/Li Bo)
Tourists release sky lanterns to celebrate the Lantern Festival in New Taipei City, southeast China's Taiwan, Feb. 11, 2017. The Pingxi sky lantern festival kicked off here on Saturday. (Xinhua/Ou Dongqu)
Tourists release sky lanterns to celebrate the Lantern Festival in New Taipei City, southeast China's Taiwan, Feb. 11, 2017. The Pingxi sky lantern festival kicked off here on Saturday. (Xinhua/Ou Dongqu)
A fire-jumping activity was held in the village of Songdong in Putian, Fujian province on Feb. 12, the 15th day of lunar January, China News reported. During the activity, villagers jumped over a fire to pray for a better new year. The event, held once a year to celebrate the Lantern Festival, continues until the fire burns out.
A fire-jumping activity was held in the village of Songdong in Putian, Fujian province on Feb. 12, the 15th day of lunar January, China News reported. During the activity, villagers jumped over a fire to pray for a better new year. The event, held once a year to celebrate the Lantern Festival, continues until the fire burns out.
People solve lantern riddles to celebrate the Lantern Festival at a library in Cangzhou, north China's Hebei Province, Feb. 11, 2017. (Xinhua/Mu Yu)
People watch a dragon dance performance during a parade to celebrate the Lantern Festival in Tongliang District of Chongqing, southwest China, Feb. 11, 2017. (Xinhua/Chen Cheng)
People solve lantern riddles to celebrate the Lantern Festival at the Ancestral Temple in Foshan, south China's Guangdong Province, Feb. 11, 2017. (Xinhua/Zhou Ke)
Actors perform shehuo to celebrate the Lantern Festival in Longde County of Guyuan, northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Feb. 11, 2017. (Xinhua/Wang Peng)
Actors perform dragon dance during a parade to celebrate the Lantern Festival in Tongliang District of Chongqing, southwest China, Feb. 11, 2017. (Xinhua/Chen Cheng)
Folk artists perform stilt walking to celebrate the Lantern Festival in Dingzhou, north China's Hebei Province, Feb. 11, 2017. (Xinhua/Zhu Xudong)
A man cooks Yuanxiao, glutinous rice flour dumpling with sweetened stuffing, at the Sun Island International Snow Sculpture Art Expo park in Harbin, capital of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Feb. 11, 2017, to celebrate the Lantern Festival. (Xinhua/Wang Kai)
People play drum to celebrate the Lantern Festival during a temple fair at Qianfoshan National Park in Jinan, east China's Shandong Province, Feb. 11, 2017. (Xinhua/Guo Xulei)
Actors perform shehuo in Yinchuan, northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Feb. 11, 2017. A total of 30 shehuo performing teams from Ningxia participated in a parade to celebrate the Lantern Festival on Saturday. (Xinhua/Peng Zhaozhi)
Residents teach foreign tourists to make tangyuan, a kind of round and sweet dumpling made of glutinous rice flour, to celebrate the Lantern Festival in Moganshan Town of Deqing County, east China's Zhejiang Province, Feb. 11, 2017. (Xinhua/Huang Zongzhi)
Children make lanterns at a community in Dachang Hui Autonomous County, north China's Hebei Province, Feb. 11, 2017, to celebrate traditional Lantern Festival. (Xinhua/Wang Xiao)
People visit the Ice and Snow World in Harbin, capital of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Feb. 11, 2017, to celebrate the Lantern Festival. (Xinhua/Wang Kai)
People visit a lantern fair in Hengshui City, north China's Hebei Province, Feb. 11, 2017, to celebrate the Lantern Festival. (Xinhua/Mu Yu)
A tourists walks past a peacock-shaped lantern in Yinan County, east China's Shandong Province, Feb. 9, 2017. (Xinhua/Wang Yanbing)
Villagers holding fish-shaped lanterns parade in Wangmantian Village of Shexian County, east China's Anhui Province, Feb. 9, 2017. The ritual believed to drive away the evil is performed annually from the 13th to 16th day of the Chinese Lunar New Year. (Xinhua/Tao Ming)
Villagers holding fish-shaped lanterns parade in Wangmantian Village of Shexian County, east China's Anhui Province, Feb. 9, 2017. The ritual believed to drive away the evil is performed annually from the 13th to 16th day of the Chinese Lunar New Year. (Xinhua/Tao Ming)
A villager checks a newly-made lantern in Nan'antou Village of Jiaocun Town in Lingbao, central China's Henan Province, Feb. 8, 2017. Villagers of more than 100 families in Nan'antou are busy making lanterns to ensure market supply of the Lantern Festival. (Xinhua/Feng Dapeng)
A villager displays newly-made lanterns in Nan'antou Village of Jiaocun Town in Lingbao, central China's Henan Province, Feb. 8, 2017. Villagers of more than 100 families in Nan'antou are busy making lanterns to ensure market supply of the Lantern Festival. (Xinhua/Feng Dapeng)
