A girl showcases her lanterns during an event featuring the Lantern Festival in Taixing, 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 Gu Jihong/Xinhua)

　　A girl tastes cotton candy in Deqing County of Huzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Feb. 27, 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 Ni Lifang/Xinhua)