Various activities held at Shanghai's Yuyuan Garden to welcome ...

4 Feb 2023

Xinhua

People eat Tangyuan, a kind of round and sweet dumpling made of glutinous rice flour, at a store in Yuyuan Garden, east China's Shanghai, Feb. 3, 2023.

People eat Tangyuan, a kind of round and sweet dumpling made of glutinous rice flour, at a store in Yuyuan Garden, east China's Shanghai, Feb. 3, 2023. The Lantern Festival, the 15th day of the first month of the Chinese lunar calendar, falls on Feb. 5 this year. Various activities were held at Yuyuan Garden to welcome the upcoming festival. (Xinhua/Liu Ying)

This photo taken on Feb. 3, 2023 shows dessert at a store in Yuyuan Garden, east China's Shanghai. The Lantern Festival, the 15th day of the first month of the Chinese lunar calendar, falls on Feb. 5 this year. Various activities were held at Yuyuan Garden to welcome the upcoming festival. (Xinhua/Liu Ying)

People visit Yuyuan Garden in east China's Shanghai, Feb. 3, 2023. The Lantern Festival, the 15th day of the first month of the Chinese lunar calendar, falls on Feb. 5 this year. Various activities were held at Yuyuan Garden to welcome the upcoming festival. (Xinhua/Liu Ying)

This photo taken on Feb. 3, 2023 shows lanterns in the shape of rabbits at a store in Yuyuan Garden, east China's Shanghai. The Lantern Festival, the 15th day of the first month of the Chinese lunar calendar, falls on Feb. 5 this year. Various activities were held at Yuyuan Garden to welcome the upcoming festival. (Xinhua/Liu Ying)

Tourists and citizens guess lantern riddles on the Central Street in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Feb. 4, 2023. The Lantern Festival, the 15th day of the first month of the Chinese lunar calendar, falls on Feb. 5 this year. Various folk cultural activities were held across the country to welcome the upcoming festival. (Xinhua/Wang Jianwei)

Construction workers and local residents have lunch together at a Lantern Festival celebration event jointly held by Songxiang Community and the First Company of the China Construction Third Engineering Bureau Co., Ltd. in Nanning, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Feb. 4, 2023. The Lantern Festival, the 15th day of the first month of the Chinese lunar calendar, falls on Feb. 5 this year. Various folk cultural activities were held across the country to welcome the upcoming festival. (Xinhua/Zhou Hua)

Construction workers of the China Construction Third Engineering Bureau Co., Ltd. and local residents learn to make Chinese knots in Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu Province, Feb. 4, 2023. The Lantern Festival, the 15th day of the first month of the Chinese lunar calendar, falls on Feb. 5 this year. Various folk cultural activities were held across the country to welcome the upcoming festival. (Xinhua/Li Bo)

Local residents take part in Touhu game, or Pitch-pot, an ancient entertainment that requires players to throw arrows from a set distance into a pot, at a Lantern Festival celebration event jointly held by Songxiang Community and the First Company of the China Construction Third Engineering Bureau Co., Ltd. in Nanning, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Feb. 4, 2023. The Lantern Festival, the 15th day of the first month of the Chinese lunar calendar, falls on Feb. 5 this year. Various folk cultural activities were held across the country to welcome the upcoming festival. (Xinhua/Zhou Hua)

Construction workers of the China Construction Third Engineering Bureau Co., Ltd. and local residents make tangyuan, a kind of round and sweet dumpling made of glutinous rice flour, in Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu Province, Feb. 4, 2023. The Lantern Festival, the 15th day of the first month of the Chinese lunar calendar, falls on Feb. 5 this year. Various folk cultural activities were held across the country to welcome the upcoming festival. (Xinhua/Li Bo)

Tourists and citizens guess lantern riddles on the Central Street in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Feb. 4, 2023. The Lantern Festival, the 15th day of the first month of the Chinese lunar calendar, falls on Feb. 5 this year. Various folk cultural activities were held across the country to welcome the upcoming festival. (Xinhua/Wang Jianwei)