Actors perform traditional dances to celebrate the Lantern Festival in the streets of Beijing, China, Feb. 9, 2009. (Xinhua Photo)

Actors perform traditional dances to celebrate the Lantern Festival in the streets of Beijing, China, Feb. 9, 2009. (Xinhua Photo)

    Actors perform lion dance to celebrate the Lantern Festival in the streets of Beijing, China, Feb. 9, 2009. About 12 troupes from Beijing, Shangdong, Henan and some other provinces took part in the folk performance celebrating the Lantern Festival in Qianmen Street, which runs along the capital's north-south axis to the south of Tian'anmen Square. (Xinhua Photo)