Workers hang up red lanterns on a huge drum standing beside the centennial sculpture at Xinghai Park in Dalian, the coastal city in northeastern China's Liaoning Province. The drum measures 6 meters in length and 4.8 meters in diameter and is made up of 480 lanterns to celebrate the upcoming Year of the Rat. [Photo:Xinhua]

Workers hang up red lanterns on a huge drum standing beside the centennial sculpture at Xinghai Park in Dalian, the coastal city in northeastern China's Liaoning Province. The drum measures 6 meters in length and 4.8 meters in diameter and is made up of 480 lanterns to celebrate the upcoming Year of the Rat. [Photo:Xinhua]

Workers hang up red lanterns on a huge drum standing beside the centennial sculpture at Xinghai Park in Dalian, the coastal city in northeastern China's Liaoning Province. The drum measures 6 meters in length and 4.8 meters in diameter and is made up of 480 lanterns to celebrate the upcoming Year of the Rat. [Photo:Xinhua]