Various activities held to welcome upcoming Lantern Festival in China

People eat Tangyuan, a kind of round and sweet dumpling made of glutinous rice flour, at a store in Yuyuan Garden, east China's Shanghai, Feb. 3, 2023. 

This photo taken on Feb. 3, 2023 shows dessert at a store in Yuyuan Garden, east China's Shanghai. The Lantern Festival, the 15th day of the first month of the Chinese lunar calendar, falls on Feb. 5 this year.​

People visit Yuyuan Garden in east China's Shanghai, Feb. 3, 2023. ​

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