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Lantern Festival, also called Shangyuan Festival, is celebrated on January 15 of Chinese lunar calendar. The moon of the night of that day gets to be round for the first timeIt is the first full moon night in athe Chinese lunar year, symbolizing the spring comes to the earth againcoming back of the spring. Lantern Festival may be regarded as the last day of Spring Festival, the new- year festival of China, in other words, the Spring Festival does not end until the Lantern Festival has passed.form ending of the new-year festival in China is the passing of Lantern Festival. Lasting to Lantern Festival, the busy atmosphere of Spring Festival on that day shows new visions and amorous feelings. Lantern Festival is regarded as a family gathering and joint festival celebrationgood day for family gather-together. According to the folk custom of China, people on that night will lighten up fancy lanterns and go out to appreciate the moon, set off lanterns and fireworks, guess riddles written on lanterns, and eat sweet dumplings rice glue balls to celebrate the festival.

With time onAs time goes by, the Lantern Festival has enjoyeds more and more celebrating activities and s. Some places even add traditional folk-custom performances such as playing dragon lantern, Lion Dancing, stilting, striking land boat, doing the Yangko, and striking Peace Drum. The  Lantern Festival, a Chinese traditional Chinese festival which has undergone a history of more thanover 2,000 years, is still very popular both at home and abroad, and any place where Chinese people lives will witness a busy occasion on that day. 

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  • Origin of the Lantern Festival
    Origin of the Lantern Festival
    Origin of the Lantern Festival
    The tradition of appreciating lanterns on the Lantern Festival originates from the Eastern Han Dynasty...
  • Guessing Riddles Written on Lanterns
    Guessing Riddles Written on Lanterns
    Guessing Riddles Written on Lanterns
    In the Song Dynasty, the custom of guessing riddles written on lanterns on Lantern Festival came into being...
  • Sweet Dumplingyuanxiao
    Sweet Dumplingyuanxiao
    Sweet Dumplingyuanxiao
    The Chinese traditional desertdim sum eaten on Lantern Festival is called "sweet dumplingyuanxiao" or commonly called "rice dumplingtangyuan"...
  • Lighting Colored Lanterns
    Lighting Colored Lanterns
    Lighting Colored Lanterns
    In traditional folk customs, colored lights are considered as something beautiful and illuminating...

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