Lanterns, rice balls made for Lantern Festival

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A worker makes glutinous rice balls, a typical food for the Lantern Festival, at a workshop in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province.

People buy glutinous rice balls, a typical food for the Lantern Festival, at a shop in Nanjing, Jiangsu province.

A man walks in front of a giant red lantern set up to celebrate Lantern Festival at the city centre of Xining, Qinghai Province. The Lantern Festival is the last day of the Chinese New Year and falls on February 9 this year.

Pupils display lanterns that they made for the upcoming Lantern Festival in Liuxi Elementary School in Liuzhou, South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.

Villagers display lanterns that they made for the upcoming Lantern Festival in Hongmiao Village of Huairou District, Beijing.

People watch a paper-made Nine Dragon Wall that will be displayed at a park in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province..

A worker makes glutinous rice balls, a typical food for the Lantern Festival, at a workshop in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province.