Lantern Festival

Photos: China’s Lantern Festival, and an Unfortunate Ending

The Boston Globe has posted a photo series of Lantern Festival celebrated around China, ending with the fire at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Beijing: Marking the end of the Chinese New Year, the Lantern Festival takes place on...

Lantern Exhibition in Nanjing Fuzi Temple

It is the Lantern Festival today, the lunar January 15th. Traditionally, Chinese people are going to the lantern exhibition and eating Yuan Xiao(sweet sticky rice ball with red bean or black sesame stuffin) to celebrate this last holiday of the lunar new year. View the photos from Nanjing Fuzi Temple lantern exhibition via Sina.com.

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