Various activities held across China to celebrate Lantern Festival
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People enjoy lanterns at Bailuzhou Park in Nanjing, east China’s Jiangsu Province, Feb. 12, 2025. Various activities were held across China to celebrate the Lantern Festival, which falls on the fifteenth day of the first month of the Chinese lunar calendar. (Xinhua/Li Bo)
A child participates in a folk performance in Junxian County, central China’s Henan Province, Feb. 12, 2025. Various activities were held across China to celebrate the Lantern Festival, which falls on the fifteenth day of the first month of the Chinese lunar calendar. (Photo by Wang Gaochao/Xinhua)
People watch a performance of Bianlian, or face-changing, a part of the Sichuan opera, in Dongxing District of Neijiang City, southwest China’s Sichuan Province, Feb. 12, 2025. Various activities were held across China to celebrate the Lantern Festival, which falls on the fifteenth day of the first month of the Chinese lunar calendar. (Photo by Tang Mingrun/Xinhua)
People enjoy lanterns at Bailuzhou Park in Nanjing, east China’s Jiangsu Province, Feb. 12, 2025. Various activities were held across China to celebrate the Lantern Festival, which falls on the fifteenth day of the first month of the Chinese lunar calendar. (Xinhua/Li Bo)
A parent and children guess lantern riddles in Gaomi City, east China’s Shandong Province, Feb. 12, 2025. Various activities were held across China to celebrate the Lantern Festival, which falls on the fifteenth day of the first month of the Chinese lunar calendar. (Photo by Li Haitao/Xinhua)
Stilt artists perform at Nanchuan old street scenic spot in Cangzhou City, north China’s Hebei Province, Feb. 12, 2025. Various activities were held across China to celebrate the Lantern Festival, which falls on the fifteenth day of the first month of the Chinese lunar calendar. (Photo by Zhou Yang/Xinhua)
Folk artists perform a Yingge dance at a folk performance show celebrating the Lantern Festival in Handan City, north China’s Hebei Province, Feb. 12, 2025. Various activities were held across China to celebrate the Lantern Festival, which falls on the fifteenth day of the first month of the Chinese lunar calendar. (Photo by Hao Qunying/Xinhua)
An aerial drone photo taken on Feb. 12, 2025 shows people watching a dragon dance in Luxian County, southwest China’s Sichuan Province. Various activities were held across China to celebrate the Lantern Festival, which falls on the fifteenth day of the first month of the Chinese lunar calendar. (Photo by He Haiyang/Xinhua)
People have fun at a lantern fair held at the Hubei provincial museum in Wuhan, central China’s Hubei Province on Feb. 12, 2025. Various activities were held across China to celebrate the Lantern Festival, which falls on the fifteenth day of the first month of the Chinese lunar calendar. (Xinhua/Xiao Yijiu)
An aerial drone photo taken on Feb. 12, 2025 show people visiting a lantern fair held at the Hubei provincial museum in Wuhan, central China’s Hubei Province. Various activities were held across China to celebrate the Lantern Festival, which falls on the fifteenth day of the first month of the Chinese lunar calendar. (Xinhua/Xiao Yijiu)
Actors participate in a parade during the 54th Chengdu international panda lantern fair in Chengdu, southwest China’s Sichuan Province, Feb. 12, 2025. Various activities were held across China to celebrate the Lantern Festival, which falls on the fifteenth day of the first month of the Chinese lunar calendar. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)
An aerial drone photo taken on Feb. 12, 2025 shows a view of the 54th Chengdu international panda lantern fair in Chengdu, southwest China’s Sichuan Province. Various activities were held across China to celebrate the Lantern Festival, which falls on the fifteenth day of the first month of the Chinese lunar calendar. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)
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Zamir Ahmed Awan is the founder and Chair of the Global Silk Route Research Alliance, a think tank in Islamabad. He studied engineering at Shanghai University in the 1980s, and years later he went back to China as Pakistan's science counsellor in Beijing, from 2010 until 2016, working on science and higher education cooperation between the two countries.…
