As the Spring Festival approaches, all kinds of beautiful palace lanterns cover a courtyard in a palace lantern village in Gaocheng county, Shijiazhuang, north China’s Heibei province on Feb. 2, 2015. Currently, there are over 1,100 palace lantern producing factories in Gaocheng county, with annual value of production reaching 1 billion yuan. The palace lantern output of the county accounts for 80 percent of the national total. The lanterns are in over 20 countries and regions. (Chinanews/Zhai Yujia) |