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, or March 3 this year. (Photo by Chen Yonggang/Xinhua)

　　Visitors enjoy lantern installations in Nanyang, central China's Henan Province, March 1, 2026.

　　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, or March 3 this year. (Photo by Gao Song/Xinhua)

　　Volunteers give deliverymen Yuanxiao, sweet glutinous rice dumplings for celebrating the Lantern Festival in Lianyungang, east China's Jiangsu Province, Feb. 28, 2026.

　　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, or March 3 this year. (Photo by Wang Jianmin/Xinhua)

　　An aerial drone photo taken on Feb. 27, 2026 shows people performing dragon dances in Hengyang County, central China's Hunan 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, or March 3 this year. (Photo by Cao Zhengping/Xinhua)