The 4th Chengdu Jinsha Sun Festival kicked off on Jan. 20, 2012, at the Jinsha Site Museum in Chengdu, capital of China's Sichuan Province, and will last through Feb. 15. The festival features lanterns in the shapes of opera characters and dragons for the newly arrived Year of the Dragon according to the Chinese lunar calendar. [China.org.cn/Photo by Chen Xiangzhao]