Lanterns light up a corridor at the Old Summer Palace in Beijing on Wednesday, two days before this year’s Lantern Festival. Photo: IC Photo

Student-made lanterns hang in front of a window Thursday at an elementary school in Bozhou, East China’s Anhui province. Photo: VCG

Visitors check out the lanterns illuminating a street in Yuncheng, North China’s Shanxi province. Photo: VCG

A folk artist performs molten iron splashing, one of the local traditions for celebrating the festival, next to a lake in Xuchang, Central China’s Henan province. Photo: VCG

Tourists visit a lantern show Tuesday at Yuyuan Garden in Shanghai. Photo: VCG

Umbrella-shaped lights attract visitors to a pedestrian street in Hangzhou, East China’s Zhejiang province. Photo: IC Photo