Farmers in traditional costumes perform a Yangko dance at Dangcha Township, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, Feb. 16, 2011. Dangcha-style Yangko dance is staged by local farmers annually from the 13th day to the 16th day of the Chinese Lunar New Year to celebrate the Lantern Festival which arrives on Thuesday this year. [Xinhua/Chen Shugen]

Inmates perform dragon dance during a folk cultural festival held at Henan No. 1 Prison in Zhengzhou, capital of central China's Henan Province, Feb. 16, 2011, to greet the upcoming Chinese Lantern Festival, which falls on Feb. 17, 2011, the 15th day of the first month of Chinese lunar year. [Xinhua/Wang Song]