2017 Lantern Festival in China

This year, Saturday February 11, 2017 - This holiday lights in China, the final day of the annual celebration of

 the Chinese Lunar New Year.

People walk past the illuminated display during the celebration of the Lantern Festival at a park in Beijing on Friday, February 10, 2017.

Residents perform a dance dragon fire before the Lantern Festival in Jishou, Hunan Province, China February 9, 2017.

People perform the dragon dance during a local festival, on the eve of the Chinese Lantern Festival in Fuchuan, Guangxi, 

China February 9, 2017.

People watch as folk artists perform on stage during a performance of Chinese opera before the Lantern Festival 

to celebrate the Lunar New Year, in Tianshui, Gansu Province, China, February 10, 2017.

Folk artists perform in a local opera in Tianshui, Gansu Province, China, February 10, 2017.

People perform a special dance to celebrate the Lantern Festival in the city of Putian, Fujian Province, China, February 8, 2017.

People carried the statue of the god of luck through the field at the local celebration event to wish each other good luck

 and prosperity in the city of Longyan, Fujian, China, February 10, 2017.

Local artists perform dragon dances with a spray of fireworks in Luzhou, Sichuan Province, China, February 10, 2017.

People visit the light show in Beijing, China, Feb. 11, 2017.

People visit in Beijing, China, Feb. 11, 2017 light show on the last day of the Chinese Lunar New Year.

People visit the light show in Beijing, China, Feb. 11, 2017.

People in the parade to celebrate the Lantern Festival in Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province, China, February 10, 2017.

People with lanterns during a parade in the city of Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, China, February 10, 2017.

People visit the fair at the temple Futszymyao in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China, February 11, 2017.

People's artist carve a spark during a performance of dance dragon fire with fireworks of sparks from molten metal in Suining, 

Sichuan Province, China, February 11, 2017.

People visit the fair at the temple Futszymyao in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China, February 11, 2017.

People participate in the festivities in Punin, Guangdong, China, Feb. 10, 2017.

Residents perform a fire dragon dance in a shower of molten iron at the Lantern Festival in Suining, Sichuan Province, 

China, February 11, 2017.

People look at the fiery dragon of the lanterns, firecrackers and fireworks during the execution of fire dragon dance

 in Fenshun County, Guangdong Province, China, February 11, 2017.

People visit lanterns fair in Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, China.

People visit a lantern fair in Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, China.

People's artist carve a spark during a performance of dance dragon fire with fireworks of sparks from

 molten metal in the city of Anyang, Henan Province, China.

People play in the local folk games in Zouping County, Shandong province, China.

People look at the fiery dragon and fire, lanterns, firecrackers and fireworks and a dance performance in Fenshun County, 

Guangdong Province, China.

Folk artists make a shower of sparks from the molten iron at the event celebrating in Anyang, Henan Province, China.

Folk artists perform dragon dances Syuyyuy County, Jiangsu Province, China.