It likes sleeping and eating and becomes fat. Red Chinese lanterns hang in streets; red couplets are pasted on doors; banks and official buildings are decorated with red New Year pictures ...

The Chinese Lantern Festival, which fell on Wednesday this year, marks the end of Chinese New Year celebrations and symbolizes the coming of spring. This year, with the zodiac cycle ushering in ...

GEORGE TOWN: For Chinese New Year, the streets within the heritage enclave here have been lit up with the festive glow of bright red lanterns. Strung across poles and along buildings of 12 streets ...

Penang Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow, who was present at the event, said 50,000 red lanterns would light up the streets of Penang island for the upcoming Chinese New Year celebration on Jan 29.

Originally planned to coincide with the Chinese New Year, the festival was moved to a later date due to last month's Sinulog Festival. This year’s Red Lantern Festival will kick off with a ...