Nation celebrates Lantern Festival

A visitor stands in front of a lantern in the shape of a dragon to celebrate Yuan Xiao Jie, or Lantern Festival, in Shenyang, Northeast China's Liaoning Province , March 3, 2007. The Lantern Festival, the last day of the Chinese Lunar New Year, falls on March 4 this year.

A girl plays in front of lanterns covered by snow at a zoo in Taiyuan, capital of North China's Shanxi Province, March 4, 2007. The Lantern Festival, the last day of the Chinese Lunar New Year, falls on March 4 this year.