Celebrations held across China to greet Lantern Festival

Lantern Festival, which falls on Feb. 19 this year, marks the end of the Chinese Lunar New Year celebrations.

Various traditional celebrations were?held across the country to greet the Lantern Festival.

LANTERN FAIRS

Photo taken on Feb. 19, 2019 shows the night scenery at Wumen Gate of the Palace Museum, or the Forbidden City, in Beijing, capital of China. The Palace Museum extended its opening hours to the evening for the first time on Feb. 19 and Feb. 20 in celebration for this year's Lantern Festival. (Xinhua/Chen Jianli)