THE FEAST OF LANTERNS ON GOOGLE STREET VIEW

The traditional Lantern Festival, which dates back to 180 BC, is celebrated in China in the first night of the full moon of the first month of the year, at the end of the Spring Festival (Lunar New Year). For the occasion, the houses, the streets and squares are decorated with beautiful colored paper lanterns, made with the form, among other things, flowers, birds and other animals, including the horse stood out this year, in honor of the Chinese zodiac sign that marks the year that has just begun.

At the festival, Google Street View, on his blog dedicated to Asia, suggested three 360 ° virtual tours in the villages of Tai_erzhuang and Zhoucun, both in Shandong Province and the district of the West Kowloon Bamboo Theatre in Hong Kong , immortalized by the technology of Mountain View with the decorations for the Feast of the lanterns.