Holiday spirits carry on with Lantern Festival celebrations

The Lantern Festival, which falls on the 15th day of the 1st month of the Chinese lunar calendar, was celebrated in the southern city of Zhanjiang on March 2 with an array of lantern shows, quizes and folk art performances.

Students of Zhanjiang No 15 Primary School show off their self-made lanterns before using them to decorate the campus in celebration of the Lantern Festival. [Photo by Lin Shizhan/Zhanjiang Daily]

Twenty troupes from the towns of Jinhe, Xiayang and Qianshan perform a folk art parade for over 100,000 people in celebration of the Lantern Festival. [Photo by Lang Shuchen/Zhanjiang Daily]

A villager skips through a fiery sea to wish for peace and happiness for the oncoming year. [Photo by Liu Jicheng/Zhanjiang Daily]

A Lion dance is performed in Mazhang district's Huangwai village on March 2. [Photo by Liu Jicheng/Zhanjiang Daily]

Zhanjiang residents march down the street, holding fish-shaped lanterns on March 2. [Photo by Li Bo/Zhanjiang Daily]

Zhanjiang Bureau of Culture, Radio, Film, Television, Press & Publication hosts a Lantern Festival gala on March 2. [Photo by Lin Shizhan/Zhanjiang Daily]