China's 'Lantern Village' is busy making lanterns to welcome the New Year
By Yan Yiqiao
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Chinese workers make traditional red lanterns at a local factory on January 24, 2019, in the village of Tuntou, Hebei Province, China. Tuntou proclaims itself as the lantern capital of China, producing millions of the symbolic red decorations associated with the country’s biggest holiday of the year. (Photo: VCG)
In Chinese culture, the color red is meant to bring luck and happiness, and the fabric of each lantern is adorned with the characters wishing for health, peace and prosperity. It is a 500-year-old tradition that dates back to the Qing Dynasty, and is an enduring contrast to China’s modernization. (Photo: VCG)
A Chinese worker carries newly made traditional red lanterns out to dry after they were hand painted at a local factory on January 24, 2019, in Tuntou, Hebei Province, China.
A Chinese worker hand paints traditional red lanterns at a local factory on January 24, 2019, in Tuntou, Hebei Province, China.
In Tuntou, most of the production is at small, family-owned factories that supply markets across China, Asia and abroad.