Festival of Lantern coming

A boy touches a lantern in the shape of a water lily in a market in Nanjing, East China's Jiangsu Province February 7, 2006. Local residents rush to the market to choose laterns as Chinese traditional Festival of Lanterns is right around the corner. [newsphoto]



A senior citizen holds a lantern in the shape of a water lily in a lantern market in Nanjing, East China's Jiangsu Province February 7, 2006. Local residents rush to the market to choose favourite laterns as Chinese traditional Festival of Lanterns is right around the corner. [newsphoto]


A man shops for flower-shaped lantern in a lantern market in Nanjing, East China's Jiangsu Province February 7, 2006. Local residents rush to the market to choose favourite laterns as Chinese traditional Festival of Lanterns is right around the corner. [newsphoto]