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St. Louis Hosts Chinese Lantern Festival
June 05, 2012 2:54 PM
The Missouri Botanic Garden, an urban oasis of plants, trees, flowers, and biological research, staged a Chinese Lantern Festival in St. Louis.
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This detail is from one of several lanterns featuring Flying Asperas, the supernatural maidens of Buddhist mythology. (V. LaCapra/VOA)
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This display is called Panda's Paradise, and no wonder: the pandas are installed amid a stand of their favorite food, bamboo. (A. Chimes/VOA)
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Workers touch up repairs to wind damage on the golden silk roof of the three-story tall Heavenly Temple. (A. Chimes/VOA)
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Lanterns modeled on the famed Xian terracotta warriors stand guard at a Missouri Botanical Garden gate. (A. Chimes/VOA)
St. Louis Hosts Chinese Lantern Festival
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