Chinese celebrate the Lantern Festival by hanging colorful lanterns, playing games and gathering with friends to eat sweetened rice dumplings.
Visitors look at red lanterns ahead of the upcoming Lantern Festival which falls on Feb. 6 this year.
The dragon is formed by many parts of its body made from bamboos and is decorated with colorful papers and candle lights.
Dragon and lion dance were held at the Shanghai Times Square on Saturday to promote Chinese culture and celebrate the Spring Festival, which attracted many tourists.
Celebration for the Chinese Lunar New Year of Dragon was held in St. Petersburg, Jan. 29, 2012.
