Lantern Festival celebrated across China

Performers light up incense sticks ahead of a local "incense dragon parade" to celebrate the Lantern Festival in Shuangxi Town of Pingnan County, southeast China's Fujian Province, Feb. 19, 2019. Every year, an "incense dragon parade" takes place in Shuangxi to celebrate the Lantern Festival, which marks the end of China's Spring Festival celebrations. The "dragon" is made of a woven straw rope measuring 30 centimeters in diameter, with more than 20,000 incense sticks attached to it. (Xinhua/Lin Shanchuan)