BEIJING, Feb. 24 (Xinhua) -- Various cultural activities were held across China to greet the upcoming Lantern Festival.

The Lantern Festival, which falls on the 15th day of the first lunar month, is an important occasion for family reunions in China. Chinese families usually spend the day eating sweet dumplings and attending lantern fairs where they can win prizes by solving puzzles attached to the lanterns.

[caption id="attachment_55931" align="alignnone" width="900"] People perform dragon dance at a community in Changzhou, east China's Jiangsu Province, Feb. 23, 2021. (Photo by Chen Wei/Xinhua)[/caption] [caption id="attachment_55932" align="alignnone" width="900"] Villagers perform dragon dance in Yaokou Village of Fuyang District in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Feb. 23, 2021. (Xinhua/Xu Yu)[/caption] [caption id="attachment_55933" align="alignnone" width="900"] People perform Yangge dance in Jinghe Township of Hejian, north China's Hebei Province, Feb. 23, 2021. (Xinhua/Zhu Xudong)[/caption] [caption id="attachment_55934" align="alignnone" width="900"] A girl looks at sugar figures at a community in Changzhou, east China's Jiangsu Province, Feb. 23, 2021. (Photo by Chen Wei/Xinhua)[/caption] [caption id="attachment_55935" align="alignnone" width="900"] Folk artists perform during an event to greet the Lantern Festival in Longyun Village of Yunyang District in Shiyan, central China's Hubei Province, Feb. 23, 2021. (Photo by Cao Zhonghong/Xinhua)[/caption] [caption id="attachment_55936" align="alignnone" width="900"] Residents perform Shehuo, or traditional Chinese songs and dances, in Sanyuan Town of Yongjing County, northwest China's Gansu Province, Feb. 22, 2021. (Photo by Shi Youdong/Xinhua)[/caption] [caption id="attachment_55937" align="alignnone" width="900"] Folk artists perform land boating in Zouping, east China's Shandong Province, Feb. 23, 2021. (Photo by Dong Naide/Xinhua)[/caption] [caption id="attachment_55938" align="alignnone" width="900"] Residents perform Shehuo, or traditional Chinese songs and dances, in Sanyuan Town of Yongjing County, northwest China's Gansu Province, Feb. 22, 2021. (Photo by Shi Youdong/Xinhua)■[/caption]