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Lantern Festival celebrations held around Guangdong

Citizens view lanterns at Yuexiu Park in Guangzhou on Feb. 11, 2017. [Photo/Xinhua]

Lantern Festival celebrations are being held around the province. In Guangzhou, there is Yuexiu Temple Fair, Yuexiu Lantern Show, vintage car exhibition, and so on. In other regions, various activities are also held to celebrate the festival. Let’s take a look.


Citizens go boating and view lanterns at Yuexiu Park in Guangzhou on Feb. 11, 2017. [Photo/Xinhua]


A vintage car exhibition is held at the south square of Tianhe Sports Center in Guangzhou on Feb. 11, 2017. [Photo/Xinhua]


A vintage car exhibition is held at the south square of Tianhe Sports Center in Guangzhou on Feb. 11, 2017. [Photo/Xinhua]


A vintage car exhibition is held at the south square of Tianhe Sports Center in Guangzhou on Feb. 11, 2017. [Photo/Xinhua]


Residents and their relatives and friends enjoy poon choi in Futian Village, Futian District, Shenzhen on Feb. 11, 2017. [Photo/Xinhua]


Residents and their relatives and friends enjoy poon choi in Futian Village, Futian District, Shenzhen on Feb. 11, 2017. [Photo/Xinhua]


A 1.8-meter-diameter big tangyuan with 20170 small tangyuans inside is offered to celebrate Lantern Festival in Chuanlord Holiday Manor, Shunde, Guangdong on Feb. 11, 2017. [Photo/Xinhua]


People guess lantern riddles at Foshan Ancestral Temple (Zumiao) Museum on Feb. 11, 2017. [Photo/Xinhua]


People cross the Tongji Bridge in Foshan on the evening of Feb. 11, 2017. [Photo/Xinhua]


An aerial photo shows people cross the the Tongji Bridge in Foshan on the evening of Feb. 11, 2017. [Photo/Xinhua]


People hold windmills, aeolian bells and small lanterns to cross the the Tongji Bridge in Foshan on the evening of Feb. 11, 2017. [Photo/Xinhua]


Zhou Jiaxin (R) and her mother Li Wanzhen show a finished festoon lion head on Feb. 9, 2017. [Photo/Xinhua]


Li Wanzhen shows two small festoon lion heads on Feb. 9, 2017. [Photo/Xinhua]


Visitors watch lion dance performance at Foshan Ancestral Temple (Zumiao) Museum on Feb. 10, 2017. [Photo/Xinhua]


Visitors watch martial art performance at Foshan Ancestral Temple (Zumiao) Museum on Feb. 10, 2017. [Photo/Xinhua]


Four dragon kings are seen in the parade in Suixi County, Zhanjiang on the evening of Feb. 11 to celebrate Lantern Festival. [Photo/Xinhua]


Four dragon kings are seen in the parade in Suixi County, Zhanjiang on the evening of Feb. 11 to celebrate Lantern Festival. [Photo/Xinhua]


People hold fish-dragon lanterns to parade in Suixi County, Zhanjiang on the evening of Feb. 11 to celebrate Lantern Festival. [Photo/Xinhua]


People hold fish-dragon lanterns to parade in Suixi County, Zhanjiang on the evening of Feb. 11 to celebrate Lantern Festival. [Photo/Xinhua]


Fireworks and lights are seen in Suixi County, Zhanjiang on the evening of Feb. 11 to celebrate Lantern Festival. [Photo/Xinhua]


Fireworks are seen in Suixi County, Zhanjiang on the evening of Feb. 11 to celebrate Lantern Festival. [Photo/Xinhua]


People hold sugarcanes and lanterns to tour around the village in Xikou Village, Linxi Town, Chaozhou on the evening of Feb. 12, the day after Lantern Festival. [Photo by Lin Guiyan, Chen Xiaolin]


A folk-custom worship ceremony is held in Chenghai District, Shantou on Feb. 12, 2017. [Photo by Lin Guiyan, Chen Xiaolin]


Duck fight dance performance is seen in the deity parade in Chencuozhou Village, Lianxia Town, Chenghai District, Shantou on Feb. 11, 2017. [Photo by Lin Guiyan]


A parade is held in Pumei Community, Chenghai District, Shantou on Feb. 12, 2017. [Photo by Lin Guiyan]


Woman in traditional Han costumes show red wood palace lanterns in a parade of Yuexiu Temple Fair in Guangzhou. [Photo by Zhou Wei]


Foreign participants are seen in a parade of Yuexiu Temple Fair in Guangzhou. [Photo by Zhou Wei]


Nuo opera, an ancient opera performance generally performed by five people, is staged in Dongling Village, Zhanjiang. [Photo by Deng Bo]


A grand deity parade is held in Helong Village, Chaoyang District, Shantou on the seventeenth day of the first month of lunar year, Feb. 13, 2017. [Photo/Southcn.com]


A grand deity parade is held in Helong Village, Chaoyang District, Shantou on the seventeenth day of the first month of lunar year, Feb. 13, 2017. [Photo/Southcn.com]


A grand deity parade is held in Helong Village, Chaoyang District, Shantou on the seventeenth day of the first month of lunar year, Feb. 13, 2017. [Photo/Southcn.com]


A grand deity parade is held in Helong Village, Chaoyang District, Shantou on the seventeenth day of the first month of lunar year, Feb. 13, 2017. [Photo/Southcn.com]


A grand deity parade is held in Helong Village, Chaoyang District, Shantou on the seventeenth day of the first month of lunar year, Feb. 13, 2017. [Photo/Southcn.com]


A grand deity parade is held in Helong Village, Chaoyang District, Shantou on the seventeenth day of the first month of lunar year, Feb. 13, 2017. [Photo/Southcn.com]


A grand deity parade is held in Helong Village, Chaoyang District, Shantou on the seventeenth day of the first month of lunar year, Feb. 13, 2017. [Photo/Southcn.com]

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