The last day of China’s 15-day Spring Festival is known as “Yuan Xiao,” or the “Lantern Festival.” (My wife also made sure to point out–Ahem!–that it’s sort of a “Chinese Valentine’s Day” in many parts of China as well.)

Different parts of the country have different takes on the lanterns–traditionally paper lanterns with candle burning inside that people carry about that night, though you can now buy plastic ones running on batteries for the kids, which come complete with annoying sound bytes that play when you turn them on.

But in Xiamen, the place to go for the best in Lantern Festival lights is Zhongshan Park. There they have a display of lanterns and other large creations of light and flowers that would put many a Rose Bowl parade float to shame.

Here are some pictures we snapped that evening: