Spring Festival lanterns light up N China
2010-02-09 10:36:31 GMT2010-02-09 18:36:31 (Beijing Time)
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Citizens of Yongji City admire the "Red Lantern Wall" at a park in Yongji, north China's Shanxi Province, on Feb. 8, 2010. The park was decorated with more than 10,000 red lanterns to celebrate the Spring Festival, or New Year of Chinese lunar calendar, which will fall on Feb. 14, 2010. (Xinhua/Xue Jun)
Citizens of Yongji City admire red lanterns at a park in Yongji, north China's Shanxi Province, on Feb. 8, 2010. (Xinhua/Xue Jun)
Citizens of Yongji City admire the "Red Lantern Passageway" at a park in Yongji, north China's Shanxi Province, on Feb. 8, 2010. (Xinhua/Xue Jun)
Citizens of Yongji City admire a red lantern block with Chinese characters of "Fortune" at a park in Yongji, north China's Shanxi Province, on Feb. 8, 2010. (Xinhua/Xue Jun)
A man and a girl have their photos taken before a lion-shaped lantern at a park in Yongji, north China's Shanxi Province, on Feb. 8, 2010. (Xinhua/Xue Jun)
Citizens of Yongji City admire the "Red Lantern Wall" at a park in Yongji, north China's Shanxi Province, on Feb. 8, 2010. The park was decorated with more than 10,000 red lanterns to celebrate the Spring Festival, or New Year of Chinese lunar calendar, which will fall on Feb. 14, 2010.