People fly Kongming lanterns to celebrate new year of Dai ethnic group

People fly Kongming lanterns, a kind of small hot-air paper balloons, by the Lancang River in Jinghong City, southwest China's Yunnan Province, April 13, 2017, to celebrate the new year on the calendar of the Dai ethnic group. [Photo: Xinhua/Hu Chao]

People fly Kongming lanterns, a kind of small hot-air paper balloons, by the Lancang River in Jinghong City, southwest China's Yunnan Province, April 13, 2017, to celebrate the new year on the calendar of the Dai ethnic group. [Photo: Xinhua/Hu Chao]

People fly Kongming lanterns, a kind of small hot-air paper balloons, by the Lancang River in Jinghong City, southwest China's Yunnan Province, April 13, 2017, to celebrate the new year on the calendar of the Dai ethnic group. [Photo: Xinhua/Hu Chao]

People fly Kongming lanterns, a kind of small hot-air paper balloons, by the Lancang River in Jinghong City, southwest China's Yunnan Province, April 13, 2017, to celebrate the new year on the calendar of the Dai ethnic group. [Photo: Xinhua/Hu Chao]

People fly Kongming lanterns, a kind of small hot-air paper balloons, by the Lancang River in Jinghong City, southwest China's Yunnan Province, April 13, 2017, to celebrate the new year on the calendar of the Dai ethnic group. [Photo: Xinhua/Hu Chao]

People fly Kongming lanterns, a kind of small hot-air paper balloons, by the Lancang River in Jinghong City, southwest China's Yunnan Province, April 13, 2017, to celebrate the new year on the calendar of the Dai ethnic group. [Photo: Xinhua/Hu Chao]

People fly Kongming lanterns, a kind of small hot-air paper balloons, by the Lancang River in Jinghong City, southwest China's Yunnan Province, April 13, 2017, to celebrate the new year on the calendar of the Dai ethnic group. [Photo: Xinhua/Hu Chao]