A group of people perform at a square in Jinci County of Taiyuan City on Wednesday, February 20, 2008, celebrating the Chinese Lantern Festival.

Residents of Jinci Town in the northern Chinese city of Taiyuan perform traditional folk arts to celebrate the Lantern Festival, which falls on February 21 this year.

Taiyuan residents comprise 28 folk performance teams with traditional performances that include dragon dances and waist drum dances.

(CRI February 21, 2008)