A craftswoman concentrates on making a colorful lantern bearing the made-up image of a Peking Opera character.(photo source: Xinhua)

Craftsmen in the eastern Chinese city of Suzhou are in a hurry to make colorful lanterns for this year's Mid-Autumn Festival, which falls on September 25.

In addition to eating moon cakes, the Mid-Autumn Festival is full of folklore and traditions, including observing the sea-tide and lighting bright and colorful lanterns.

A craftswoman produces colorful lanterns in the shape of flower, in a local lantern factory in Suzhou in east Chinap. (photo source: Xinhua)

The Mid-Autumn Festival, the third major festival of the Chinese calendar, is celebrated on the 15th day of the eighth month.

(CRI.cn September 11, 2007)