Qingshan district celebrates Lantern Festival

Performers walk on stilts during a festival in celebration of Lantern Festival in Qingshan district of Baotou. Stilt walking, or cai gaoqiao, traditionally celebrates the arrival of Spring Festival and is especially popular in North China. (Cai means “walking on”, and gaoqiao means “stilts”.) [Photo/Baotou Daily] 

Lanterns highlighting Inner Mongolia North Heavy Industries are displayed during a lantern show opening in Qingshan district in celebration of Lantern Festival. The lantern show ran from Feb 28 to March 2. [Photo/Baotou Daily]

A lantern show opening on Feb 28 lights up Qingshan district of Baotou. [Photo/Baotou Daily]

Folk artists demonstrate sugar painting on site during a temple fair running from Feb 14 to March 3. Sugar painting is a form of traditional Chinese folk art using hot and liquid sugar to create two-dimensional figures. The snack is popular among children in China. [Photo/Baotou Daily]