Animals at Chongqing park get Lantern Festival treat

Chongqing Locajoy Theme Park in the city's Yongchuan district prepared multiple Lantern Festival meals for the animals on Friday, which had added a warm atmosphere and fun to the park.

A type of giant tangyuan — glutinous rice balls — for the elephants weighing about 5 kilograms each attracted attention.

In Chinese tradition, people usually eat sweet glutinous rice balls (called yuanxiao or tangyuan, depending on region) during the Lantern Festival. The word "tangyuan" is close to the pronunciation of "tuanyuan", which means "reunion" in Chinese.