February 14, 2025
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Love is in the air: Valentine’s Day in Hong Kong, Lantern Festival in China

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Newlyweds pose for pictures at Hong Kong Park on Valentine’s Day, February 14, 2025. Photo: Jonathan Wong
A fish-shaped lantern performance team parades at Hongcun Village, Huangshan City of east China’s Anhui province, February 11, 2025. Photo: Xinhua
People release lanterns to celebrate the Lantern Festival in New Taipei City, Taiwan on February 8, 2025. Photo: Reuters
A couple at Wong Tai Sin Temple during the Lantern Festival. This week marks both Valentine’s Day and the Lantern Festival, which is also known as the Chinese version of lover’s day. Photo: Eugene Lee
A person poses for a photo next to various lighting design installations during the Taipei Lantern Festival in Taipei on February 10, 2025. The Taipei Lantern Festival is an annual event held in the capital city of Taiwan and is traditionally celebrated to mark the end of the Lunar New Year festivities. In Taipei, the festival is celebrated with grandeur and includes a mix of traditional and modern elements. Photo: EPA-EFE
People admire lanterns at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre, as the Leisure and Cultural Services Department holds the Lunar New Year Lantern Display and the Lunar New Year Lantern Carnival to celebrate the spring lantern festival. Photo: Eugene Lee
People take photos of various lantern design installations during the Taipei Lantern Festival in Taipei. Photo: EPA-EFE
Visitors admire lanterns at Wong Tai Sin Temple during the Lantern Festival. Photo: Eugene Lee
A worker sets up Valentine’s Day bouquets in a flower shop at Flower Market in Mong Kok in Hong Kong. Photo: Sam Tsang
Valentine’s Day bouquets on sale in a flower shop at Flower Market in Hong Kong’s Mong Kok. Photo: Sam Tsang
People browsing flowers at the Flower Market in Mong Kok. Photo: Edmond So
People looking at flowers on sale at the Flower Market in Mong Kok. Photo: Edmond So
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Newlyweds pose for pictures at Hong Kong Park on Valentine’s Day, February 14, 2025. Photo:...Newlyweds pose for pictures at Hong Kong Park on Valentine’s Day, February 14, 2025. Photo: Jonathan Wong
February 14, 2025
China

Love is in the air: Valentine’s Day in Hong Kong, Lantern Festival in China

A collection of photos as Taiwan, Hong Kong and mainland China mark Valentine’s Day and Lantern Festival...

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Newlyweds pose for pictures at Hong Kong Park on Valentine’s Day, February 14, 2025. Photo: Jonathan Wong
A fish-shaped lantern performance team parades at Hongcun Village, Huangshan City of east China’s Anhui province, February 11, 2025. Photo: Xinhua
People release lanterns to celebrate the Lantern Festival in New Taipei City, Taiwan on February 8, 2025. Photo: Reuters
A couple at Wong Tai Sin Temple during the Lantern Festival. This week marks both Valentine’s Day and the Lantern Festival, which is also known as the Chinese version of lover’s day. Photo: Eugene Lee
A person poses for a photo next to various lighting design installations during the Taipei Lantern Festival in Taipei on February 10, 2025. The Taipei Lantern Festival is an annual event held in the capital city of Taiwan and is traditionally celebrated to mark the end of the Lunar New Year festivities. In Taipei, the festival is celebrated with grandeur and includes a mix of traditional and modern elements. Photo: EPA-EFE
People admire lanterns at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre, as the Leisure and Cultural Services Department holds the Lunar New Year Lantern Display and the Lunar New Year Lantern Carnival to celebrate the spring lantern festival. Photo: Eugene Lee
People take photos of various lantern design installations during the Taipei Lantern Festival in Taipei. Photo: EPA-EFE
Visitors admire lanterns at Wong Tai Sin Temple during the Lantern Festival. Photo: Eugene Lee
A worker sets up Valentine’s Day bouquets in a flower shop at Flower Market in Mong Kok in Hong Kong. Photo: Sam Tsang
Valentine’s Day bouquets on sale in a flower shop at Flower Market in Hong Kong’s Mong Kok. Photo: Sam Tsang
People browsing flowers at the Flower Market in Mong Kok. Photo: Edmond So
People looking at flowers on sale at the Flower Market in Mong Kok. Photo: Edmond So
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Newlyweds pose for pictures at Hong Kong Park on Valentine’s Day, February 14, 2025. Photo: Jonathan Wong
A fish-shaped lantern performance team parades at Hongcun Village, Huangshan City of east China’s Anhui province, February 11, 2025. Photo: Xinhua
People release lanterns to celebrate the Lantern Festival in New Taipei City, Taiwan on February 8, 2025. Photo: Reuters
A couple at Wong Tai Sin Temple during the Lantern Festival. This week marks both Valentine’s Day and the Lantern Festival, which is also known as the Chinese version of lover’s day. Photo: Eugene Lee
A person poses for a photo next to various lighting design installations during the Taipei Lantern Festival in Taipei on February 10, 2025. The Taipei Lantern Festival is an annual event held in the capital city of Taiwan and is traditionally celebrated to mark the end of the Lunar New Year festivities. In Taipei, the festival is celebrated with grandeur and includes a mix of traditional and modern elements. Photo: EPA-EFE
People admire lanterns at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre, as the Leisure and Cultural Services Department holds the Lunar New Year Lantern Display and the Lunar New Year Lantern Carnival to celebrate the spring lantern festival. Photo: Eugene Lee
People take photos of various lantern design installations during the Taipei Lantern Festival in Taipei. Photo: EPA-EFE
Visitors admire lanterns at Wong Tai Sin Temple during the Lantern Festival. Photo: Eugene Lee
A worker sets up Valentine’s Day bouquets in a flower shop at Flower Market in Mong Kok in Hong Kong. Photo: Sam Tsang
Valentine’s Day bouquets on sale in a flower shop at Flower Market in Hong Kong’s Mong Kok. Photo: Sam Tsang
People browsing flowers at the Flower Market in Mong Kok. Photo: Edmond So
People looking at flowers on sale at the Flower Market in Mong Kok. Photo: Edmond So
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