An aerial photograph shows a number of brightly-lit lanterns on Zhongjie Street in Shenyang, Northeast China’s Liaoning province, on Jan 18. The lanterns have been installed to celebrate the upcoming Chinese New Year –– the Year of the Pig, with many of them depicting images of pigs with happy faces. [Photo/VCG]

Five multicolored lanterns are pictured on Zhongjie Street, with the biggest one depicting a pig, Jan 18. [Photo/VCG]

Visitors walk through a long corridor decorated with lanterns in Shenyang, Jan 18. [Photo/VCG]