New low-carbon lantern celebration

Members of a neighborhood in Beijing's Dongcheng district welcomed this year's Lantern Festival, which falls on Feb 14, two days ahead of that, in a novel way – a low carbon celebration.

While the local community service center took on a new look, with some 300 colorful lanterns, in various shapes, all made of recycled waste materials, such as packing boxes and desktop calendars.

Local Beijing resident telling children how to make a lantern out of old boxes and waste paper, on Feb 12, 2014. [Photo by Zou Hong / Asianewsphoto]