Upcoming Chinese Lantern Festival celebrated worldwide
![Farmers perform Banqiao dragon lantern dance at Zhangjiadun Village of Leping City, east China's Jiangxi Province, Feb. 6, 2009. The Banqiao dragon lantern, with a length of 400 meters, has a history of hundreds of years at the village. The villagers performed Banqiao dragon lantern dance on Friday to pray for harvest and peace, ahead of the Chinese traditional Lantern Festival, which falls on the 15th day of the first month on the Chinese lunar calendar, or Feb. 9 this year. [Xinhua]](http://images.china.cn/attachement/jpg/site1007/20090207/000bcdb95f1d0af73bb112.jpg "Farmers perform Banqiao dragon lantern dance at Zhangjiadun Village of Leping City, east China's Jiangxi Province, Feb. 6, 2009. The Banqiao dragon lantern, with a length of 400 meters, has a history of hundreds of years at the village. The villagers performed Banqiao dragon lantern dance on Friday to pray for harvest and peace, ahead of the Chinese traditional Lantern Festival, which falls on the 15th day of the first month on the Chinese lunar calendar, or Feb. 9 this year. [Xinhua]") |
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Farmers perform Banqiao dragon lantern dance at Zhangjiadun Village of Leping City, east China's Jiangxi Province, Feb. 6, 2009. The Banqiao dragon lantern, with a length of 400 meters, has a history of hundreds of years at the village. The villagers performed Banqiao dragon lantern dance on Friday to pray for harvest and peace, ahead of the Chinese traditional Lantern Festival, which falls on the 15th day of the first month on the Chinese lunar calendar, or Feb. 9 this year. [Xinhua] |
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