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Annual lighting spectacle starts in Shanghai

By Cao Chen in Shanghai | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2019-01-22 16:58

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The theme of this year's lantern show is centered on the celebration of the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China and the stepping up of reforms and opening-up efforts. [Photo by Gao Erqiang/chinadaily.com.cn]

The centerpiece of the event this year is a 9-meter-high lantern in the shape of a pig – 2019 is the Year of the Pig according to the Chinese zodiac.

The design features the pig as the Chinese god of wealth holding a gold sycee or yuanbao, a type of currency used in imperial China, while surrounded by a happy human family, which symbolizes harmony and wealth.

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