Local residents perform a folk dance to mark the Lantern Festival at Zhenghe Park in Nanjing, capital of East China's Jiangsu Province, Feb. 20, 2008. A series of lanterns are lit to celebrate the Chinese Lantern Festival at the Confucian Temple in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, Feb. 20, 2008. Tourists sample a bowl of yuanxiao, round and sweet dumplings made of glutinous rice flour, at Labor Park in Dalian, Northeast China's Liaoning Province Feb. 20, 2008. Two boys discuss possible answers to riddles written on lanterns in Tongzi County in Southwest China's Guizhou Province Feb. 20, 2008. The county is known as the hometown of riddles written on lanterns. Lanterns in the shapes of mice and the logo of the Beijing Olympics are lit to celebrate the Chinese Lantern Festival in Hangzhou, capital of East China's Zhejiang Province Feb. 19, 2008.

(Asianewsphoto, February 22, 2008)