Performers run in a rain of firework sparks during a dragon dance performance to celebrate the Lantern Festival in Wuhou Temple Museum in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan province February 9, 2009. [Xinhua]

Visitors crowd the Confucius Temple to celebrate the Lantern Festival in Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu province February 9, 2009. The Lantern Festival is the last day of the Chinese New Year and falls on February 9 this year. [Agencies]