1 / 4   Colorful lanterns were lit up last Sunday at Beijing's Old Summer Palace to celebrate the upcoming Lantern Festival, which falls on Tuesday this year. /VCG Photo

2 / 4   The lantern exhibition features nearly 20 groups of well-designed lanterns that represent the style and culture of different regions, using dragons, pandas, giant tea kettles, pigs, Peking Opera masks, etc. /VCG Photo

3 / 4   Other celebratory activities, such as the dragon dance, will be performed at the palace to add more festive vibes. /VCG Photo

4 / 4   The Old Summer Palace, known in Chinese as Yuanmingyuan, was dubbed the "Garden of Gardens" and the "Versailles of the East" during its heyday in the Qing Dynasty (1636-1912 AD). However, the palace was destroyed and burned to the ground after the Anglo-French forces conducted extensive looting and destruction on October 18, 1860, during the Second Opium War. The palace was turned into a historic site by the Chinese government in 1980 and was partly restored afterwards. /VCG Photo