Lantern Festival

East Asia

6 February , 2012

Chinese Fly ‘Kong Ming’ Lantern With Wishes

Citizens set off the Kong Ming lantern, a kind of handmade paper hot-air balloon, in Wenzhou, east China’s Zhejiang Province, Feb. 5, 2012, one day before the Lantern Festival. People believe that setting off the Kong Ming lanterns may help their dream come ture. <Photo: Xinhua/Chen Xiang> news@theasian.asia
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East Asia

30 January , 2012

‘Yuanxiao’ for Upcoming Lantern Festival

A cook makes the Yuanxiao, glutinous rice flour dumpling with sweetened stuffing, at a Yuanxiao shop in Taiyuan, north China’s Shanxi Province, Jan. 30, 2012, to greet the upcoming Lantern Festival. The Lantern Festival, which is celebrated on the 15th day of Chinese lunar year’s first month, falls upon Feb.…
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