Beijing celebrates Lantern Festival

Tuesday marks this year's Lantern Festival or Yuan Xiao Jie in China. The Lantern Festival is celebrated on the 15th day of the first lunar month on the Chinese calendar. It marks the end of the Chinese New Year celebrations and the beginning of spring. CGTN's Chen Lanyou and Omar Khan in Olympic media center tell us more about this ancient tradition and how people in Beijing are marking it. China celebrates beginning of spring with traditional festivities Subscribe to us on YouTube: http://ow.ly/Zvqj30aIsgY Follow us on: Facebook:   / cgtnafrica   Twitter:   / cgtnafrica   Instagram:   / cgtn_africa