Lantern festival lights up Dalian city

An attendee holds a lantern in the shape of a ship, March 2. In the past, making floating river lanterns was one of the rituals fishermen would hold before going out to sea, to pray for safety and good fortune. [Photo/internet]

Red lanterns are placed at a lantern festival opening at Golden Pebble Beach (Jinshitan) in Dalian, Northeast China’s Liaoning province, on March 2. [Photo/dbw.cn]