In Dunhuang, Gansu province, festive lanterns competed in splendor and brilliance to celebrate Chinese New Year.

The lanterns' designs featured various elements of Dunhuang culture and artistic features, such as the nine-story building of the Mogao Grottoes, the Flying Apsaras, the Nine-Colored Deer, and desert camel bells.

A lantern set themed on the Flying Apsaras, celestial singers and dancers of the Mogao Grottoes' murals, is seen in Dunhuang, Gansu province. [Photo by Wang Binyin]

A lantern set featuring the famous image of a figure playing a pipa, a four-stringed Chinese lute, is seen in Dunhuang, Gansu province. [Photo by Wang Binyin]