Celestial beings come to watch the lantern show ...
(A lantern
show depicting a traditional Chinese New Year custom: climb onto the city
walls on the 16th day of the first lunar month)
taking place in the land of dragon on the
first full moon night of Golden Rabbit
(A giant
lantern in the form of a scroll painting)
Grand entrance to the brilliant show of light
(A city wall has been made into a massive
lantern)
with a big white rabbit as the star performer
at the centre of the stage
(A rabbit greater than humans in Shanghai's Yuyuan
Garden)
and its rabbit mates guarding your path throughout
the year
(A lantern-adorned
rabbit garden)
to show Chinese government how to safeguard
China's food supply
(A lantern
show of rabbit farm)
to advise Chinese armies how to safeguard
China's maritime territories
(An historical
episode retold by lanterns: the Battle of Red Cliffs during the Three Kingdom's Era)
to brief Chinese nation how to turn over a
new leaf amidst the shower of fire
(Dragon dance in Guizhou with
difference: Dancing dragon is showered in fireworks lit
by audience)
and to educate the world how to share resource
and wealth in a win-win situation when living in
a same little pond on earth
(A water
lantern display in Shandong)
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(Sources of photos: 王立胜\吴东俊\钮一新\ 天马万里行 xinhuanet.cn and chinanews.cn) |
