We just celebrated the Lantern Festival at the end of last week. This is a time where families get together, go to the beach with lanterns (some with real candles & some light bulbs) and spend time together.  We got Peter an airplane lantern & I got a Hello Kitty one which he seemed to like more than his own!  The pictures didn't really turn out well of his lanterns but we did manage to get some with his glow ears on. He was so tired at this point, he didn't even try to take them off.

We also watched people bring lanterns that they had painted messages & pictures on to be lit and allowed to go a short distance in the sky.

These girls are waiting for it to heat up and then sending it into the sky.

When it goes very wrong....

You have a lantern in flames over the heads of onlookers.

It comes crashing down in a ball of flames to be put out by a nervous security guard with a fire extinguisher.