Visitors look at a lantern made in the shape of a dragon during a lantern fair to celebrate the upcoming Spring Festival at a park in Shenyang, northeast China's Liaoning Province, February 15, 2007. About 13,000 lanterns are displayed during the fair that begins on February 15 and runs through March 5.

A child takes pictures during a lantern fair to celebrate the upcoming Spring Festival at a park in Shenyang, northeast China's Liaoning Province, February 15, 2007.

Visitors look at the lanterns that tell the story of Confucius's traveling in several states to promote his theories during a lantern fair to celebrate the upcoming Spring Festival in Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu Province, February 15, 2007.

A man rows a boat along the Qinhuai River decorated with lights to celebrate the upcoming Spring Festival in Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu Province, February 15, 2007.

Visitors play before a lantern made in the shape of a dragon boat during a lantern fair to celebrate the upcoming Spring Festival in Jinan, east China's Shandong Province, February 12, 2007.

(Xinhua News Agency February 16, 2007)