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LIGHTING UP
Updated: 2011-02-13 08:21
(China Daily)
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Chinese legend says a rabbit on the moon helps the moon goddess prepare herbal concoctions. This year, the faithful rabbit seen here on a lantern in Lanzhou, Gansu, will take his turn ruling the zodiac year. Cao Zhizheng / for China Daily |
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In a crowded lantern market near the Confucius Temple in Nanjing, a stroller stops and admires the delicate lotus lanterns swaying above him. These lanterns were first created by the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty to commemorate his soldiers killed in battle. Chen Qi / Xinhua News Agency |
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Nanjing natives believe it's not the Spring Festival and the start of a new lunar year unless you have bought a lantern at the Confucius Temple. Lanterns with rabbits on them are the bestsellers this year. Provided to China Daily |
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A foreign visitor stops to admire the colorful display at a lantern booth in Dongpailou lantern market near the Confucius Temple in Nanjing. Wang Xin / Xinhua News Agency |
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Big, bright phoenix lanterns in Fuyang Ecosystem Park, Anhui. Lu Qijian / for China Daily |
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In Yinchuan, Ningxia Hui autonomous region, visitors take up the challenge of figuring out the answers to the lantern riddles at Guangming Square. Wang Peng / Xinhua News Agency |
The annual Festival of Lanterns marks the end of the Lunar New Year festivities with a riot of color, energy, riddles and smiles, and cities all over China are once again aglow with good wishes.
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