Fireworks sparkle Lantern Festival across China (1/6)

Fireworks light up a pier at a tourism resort in Yantai, east China's Shandong Province, on Feb. 6, 2012, the day of the Lantern Ferstival. Fireworks were set off in many Chinese cities on Monday to celebrate the traditional Lantern Festival, which falls on the 15th day of the first month of the Chinese lunar calendar. (Xinhua/Liu Jingshan)