Children perform a dance called "Golden monkeys greet the Spring" in Qixian County in north China's Shanxi Province Feb. 5. Many local people held colorful folk activities celebrating the traditional Lantern Festival which falls on Thursday. (Xinhua Photo)

Participants perform drangon dance at the "100-dragon" dance competition in Jinan, capital of east China's Shandong Province, Feb. 5. A total of 12 dragon dance teams took part in the competition to celebrate the traditional Lantern Festival which falls on Thursday. (Xinhua Photo)

A team of elderly women perform dragon dance at the "100-dragon" dance competition in Jinan, capital of east China's Shandong Province, Feb. 5. A total of 12 dragon dance teams took part in the competition to celebrate the traditional Lantern Festival which falls on Thursday. (Xinhua Photo)

Local residents perform lion dance in a street of Zibo City, east China's Shandong Province, Feb. 5. Many people took to the street singing and dancing in celebration of the traditional Lantern Festival and the opening of the 2004 Zibo Tourist Festival Thursday. (Xinhua Photo)