Tuntou, China
CAREFULLY steadying the gleaming red lantern between her knees, a worker applied the Chinese character for "wealth" in golden glitter - one of the millions that will illuminate the forthcoming Chinese New Year.
A high wooden arch at the entrance to the snowy village of Tuntou, in Hebei province southwest of Beijing, proclaims it the "lantern capital" of the People's Republic.
Bai Liwei, the village's Communist Party leader, told AFP proudly: "80 to 90 per cent of the lanterns used in China...