361K views · 450 shares | It takes more than 30 steps to construct a lantern for the Chinese New Year. Walk through China’s lantern capital as workers craft the ornament symbolizing luck and happiness. #Daily360 | The New York Times | Facebook

Dazu District of Chongqing in southwest China has put up a colorful lantern show to greet the upcoming Chinese New Year, or Spring Festival, which falls on Feb 17 this year. The lanterns have integrated local icons like its famous stone carvings, begonia flowers, and fire dragons, and used new lighting technologies. #ChineseNewYear2026 | CCTV

From a giant gourd, leaping carps to the tale of Mulan, traditional Chinese symbols and legends, along with other modern elements, come to life at the ongoing lantern festival in southwest China's Zigong. (recorded) | China Xinhua News

An iconic annual lantern show kicked off on January 23 in Zigong City, southwest China's Sichuan Province, featuring hundreds of illuminated glitter lantern sets to create an immersive nightscape for visitors in the run-up to the upcoming 2026 Chinese New Year holiday, or the Spring Festival. #SpringFestival2026 #ChineseNewYear #Yearofthehorse https://www.cctvplus.com/news/20260124/8463044.shtml#!language=1 | CCTV