Diplomats celebrate Lantern Festival in Shanghai

23:16, February 05, 2023

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  Beijing's Yanqing district celebrates Lantern Festival at park

  Residents and tourists watch a performance celebrating the Lantern Festival at the International Horticultural Exhibition Park in Yanqing district, Beijing, Feb 5, 2023. (Photo: chinadaily.com.cn)

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  Lantern show in Zhuozhou, North China's Hebei

  People enjoy a lantern show on Saturday in Zhuozhou, North China’s Hebei Province. The show is held to celebrate the Lantern Festival. The Lantern Festival is on the 15th day of the first month of the Chinese lunar calendar and this year it falls on February 5. (Photos: Chen Bin; Compiled by Xu Zheqi)People take photos of wonderful lanterns on Saturday in Zhuozhou, North China’s Hebei Province.People enjoy a lantern show on Saturday in Zhuozhou, North China’s Hebei Province.People take photos of wonderful lanterns on Saturday in Zhuozhou, North China’s Hebei Province.People enjoy a lantern show on Saturday in Zhuozhou, North China’s Hebei Province.

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  Folk cultural activities held to celebrate Lantern Festival in East China

  On February 4, at the beginning of spring, the Lantern Festival Folk Culture Festival was held in Huzhou in East China's Zhejiang Province. (Photos: People's Daily/Shen Yongqiang)More than 500 residents made 20 square formations including local opera teams, line dance teams and lantern teams, and walked around the village to welcome the arrival of the Lantern Festival.On February 4, at the beginning of spring, the Lantern Festival Folk Culture Festival was held in Huzhou in East China’s Zhejiang Province. More than 500 residents made 20 square formations including local opera teams, line dance teams and lantern teams, and walked around the village to welcome the arrival of the Lantern Festival.On February 4, at the beginning of spring, the Lantern Festival Folk Culture Festival was held in Huzhou in East China’s Zhejiang Province. More than 500 residents made 20 square formations including local opera teams, line dance teams and lantern teams, and walked around the village to welcome the arrival of the Lantern Festival.On February 4, at the beginning of spring, the Lantern Festival Folk Culture Festival was held in Huzhou in East China’s Zhejiang Province. More than 500 residents made 20 square formations including local opera teams, line dance teams and lantern teams, and walked around the village to welcome the arrival of the Lantern Festival.

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  Moments of the week (01/30-02/05)

  A tourist poses for photos at Liaohe ancient street in Yingkou, Northeast China's Liaoning Province, on Friday. The Liaohe ancient street has been decorated with various lanterns to greet the Lantern Festival, the 15th day of the first month of the Chinese lunar calendar, which falls on Feb. 5 this year. (Photo: Xinhua)An Iraqi businessman takes a selfie while watching celebrations to welcome the first business day in the Year of the Rabbit at the International Trade Market in Yiwu, East China's Zhejiang Province, on Thursday. About 75,000 merchants at the Yiwu International Trade Market on Thursday welcomed their first business day in the Year of the Rabbit. (Photo: Xinhua)Mourners arrive to the funeral service for Tyre Nichols, at Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church on Wednesday, in Memphis, Tenn. (Photo: CFP)Pianists (R) perform on a piano in a tramway, on the sideline of the 29th edition of 'La Folle Journee' classical music festival in Nantes, Western France, on Wednesday. (Photo: CFP)Migrant workers prepare to get on train D4881 on the platform at Chongqing West Railway Station in Chongqing, Southwest China, on Monday. A special train for migrant workers who are about to return to work left Chongqing West Railway Station for Guangzhou of South China's Guangdong Province on Monday. (Photo: Xinhua)People holding fish-shaped lanterns parade during the new year celebrations in Shexian county of Huangshan, East China's Anhui Province, on Tuesday. (Photo: Xinhua)Hindu devotees listen to a religious leader at the Sangam, the confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati rivers, during the annual traditional fair of Magh Mela festival, in Prayagraj, in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, on Tuesday. (Photo: CFP)South Koreans spin fire cans during 'Jwibulnoli', a South Korean folk game, on Saturday in Seoul, South Korea. (Photo: CFP)Su Bingtian (1st R) of China competes during the men's 60m final A during the Gothenburg Games of World Athletics Ind...