Lion Dance performers take part in the annual Yangko dancing show to celebrate the Lantern Festival in Yan'an, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, Feb. 6, 2012. China celebrated on Monday its traditional Lantern Festival, which falls on the 15th day of the first month of the Chinese lunar calendar. Since the Lantern Festival is held to mark the first full moon of the new lunar year, Chinese celebrate it by hanging colorful lanterns, playing games and gathering with friends to eat sweetened rice dumplings. [Xinhua/Liu Xiao]