Fruit @ Lantern Festival 2011

On a cold, March night out in Pingsi, I ventured out for the famous Lantern Festival. Indeed, it was spectacular. Thousands of small fires, the result of what creosote coated paper touched to a lighter can do, raise large paper lanterns to the skies in the hope of good luck. When you get hungry from all the jostling of the crowd, you can eat. Almost anything. Our daring/darling Marty negotiated a fruit sale that proved to be most delicious, and it was later topped off with píjiǔ as a nightcap.