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Show The Feast and -^e-sUiei of Lanterns And Chinese Kites* The third week of the Chinese jjew. Year is devoted to l a n t e r n s* •per twe evenings commencing at ea-r'ly candle-light the lantern F e s t i v a l is heir] near the South - g a t e of the walled city* Here , tacked on the "wail are- long strings and ropes holding innumerable lanters f- and their .shapes and colors as multitudinous us the ioivtexiis themselves * Tne one we bo*t for 5 " touasers" ,~ three cents g old ,,/ wa s like . a large globe having firstt an outside willow fssaae and within that^ a p a p e r globe and within that a c i r c l e of wire and within that a swing containing a. t i n y candle The whole is arrested so that the can d,e will a l w a y s be upright as you roll the whole thing .on the. ground * or floor* The mo re elaborate ones were made to represent a nimals ,"- a favor i t e imitation being of the cat • These are made -so that s boy can wear - f l ^ o n h i s head,-though it is lighted and fully a yard long. Mien come r e p r e s e n t a t i o n s of temples , palaces etc »%ea vari ous f r u i t s and flowers with the light inside These are -nade in perople1 s homes who depend on their sale for t h e i r living * Tne people who buy then carry them to t h e i r homes and decorate with them at their feasts* Then for two ritoghts comes the lantern parade the chief representat i o n being the dragon trying to swallow the moon, which i s borne on a nolo This is at least "20 feet long,/the dragon 4 mean* Then conies a lion made up frost three men ; then a man carrying a boat , the upper part of h i s body appearing above it * as if he were s i t t i n g in i t and rowing • Then come the n walkers ' men on v r very t a l l s t i l t s wh . are fs, stenedto t h e i r feet o n l y , whi Is they carry t h e i r heads on a pole • tHis is done hy raasques <md. a long cloack • I must confess that the p a r a d e wss forbidden t h is year for p o l i t i c a l reasons, so I did not see i t myself* Kites ^ . | ? l t e s i n china -are no raere boy1 s toy but e l a b o r a t e structures that require mm to handle them*,- t h a t is the larger ones though of course evry boy has some sort of one* The larger ones are made to represent various animals •ysaw one representing a frog . Holes had been, cut for the eyes and eyes fastened in on a pi v o°t, so they would turn with the wind . The dragon-fly with silken wings i s lute a favorite* They are a l l h i g h ! v painted and fancifully decorated * WQY o f t e n " leave them up a l l night tugging at their thousand feet Qf stromg cord. An ingenius arrangement is a sort of aeoli#a h arf made fey cutting a -hole and stringing silk cor6* across • _hen drschbrliketfc&e j^tYStleomhey IJ Cast s a l to ftlatelatefe a-foise -pigeons a nd the sound " i s heard for/^a mile as rhe«j fly • We h ( k i t e f about three o'clok the other corning and wondered if eons flew in the night • The next morning we heard i ^ t ^ n i ^s t>t\ PCp sky # The end * bio win? through the opening makes a noise . l i k e that given out by the pigeons which carry a perforated gourd fastened to t h e i r £ backs |