14630 river lanterns float on Songhua River for Guinness World Record

River lanterns float on the Songhua River in Jilin City, northeast China’s Jilin Province, July 7, 2013.

Some 300 local residents floated a total of 14,630 river lanterns on the Songhua River here on Sunday in the hope of hitting the Guinness World Record for the largest number of river lanterns floated at the same time. <Xinhua/NEWSis/Wang Mingming>

Citizens put river lanterns in the Songhua River in Jilin City, northeast China’s Jilin Province, July 7, 2013. <Xinhua/NEWSis/Wang Mingming>

Citizens light river lanterns before putting them in the Songhua River in Jilin City, northeast China’s Jilin Province, July 7, 2013. <Xinhua/NEWSis/Wang Mingming>