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Ancient town sees dragon dance for festival

The dragon dance is performed while gongs and drums are played to celebrate the upcoming Lantern Festival at Zhaiying ancient town in Songtao Miao autonomous county, Southwest Chinas Guizhou province, March 3, 2015.
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The Lantern Festival also known as Chap Goh Mei in China is a festival celebrated on the fifteenth day of the first month in the lunisolar year in the lunar calendar marking the last day of the lunar New Year celebration. 
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The biggest full moon of the year will light up China's Lantern Festival on the weekend, assuming favourable weather.

"The full moon on Sunday, which coincides with the Lantern Festival, will look 10 percent bigger than its normal size" - Wang Sichao, an expert at the Chinese Academy of Sciences' Purple Mountain Observatory based in east China's Nanjing City.

He said the moon will pass the area around the perigee at 6:00 a.m. Sunday. However, the brightest and roundest moon will be observed on Monday, March 1.

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