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Lantern Festival celebrated across China

Updated: 2011-02-17 10:24

(Xinhua)

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Lantern Festival celebrated across China 

People look at lanterns during a lantern fair held for the Lantern Festival in the People's Park in Zhengzhou, capital of central China's Henan Province, Feb. 16, 2011. This year's Lantern Festival falls on Feb. 17. (Xinhua/Zhu Xiang) 

 Lantern Festival celebrated across China

 Folk artists perform drum dance in costume to celebrate the coming Lantern Festival while also to promote local intangible cultural heritage in Xuanen County, central China's Hubei Province, Feb. 16, 2011. (Xinhua/Shi Guangde)

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