Lighting and appreciating lanterns is the main activity of the festival. Lighting and Watching LanternsĬhina's paper lanterns look best at night. The most important and prevalent customs are enjoying lanterns, guessing lantern riddles, eating tangyuan, and lion dances.
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How Do Chinese Celebrate the Lantern Festival?Īccording to China's various folk customs, people get together on the night of the Lantern Festival to celebrate with different activities.Īs China is a vast country with a long history and diverse cultures, Lantern Festival customs and activities vary regionally including lighting and enjoying (floating, fixed, held, and flying) lanterns, appreciating the bright full moon, setting off fireworks, flying drones, guessing riddles written on lanterns, eating tangyuan, lion dances, dragon dances, and walking on stilts. This Buddhist custom gradually became a grand festival among the people. Therefore, he ordered that all the temples, households, and royal palaces should light lanterns on that evening. He heard that some monks lit lanterns in the temples to show respect to Buddha on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. In the beginning of the Eastern Han Dynasty (25–220), Emperor Hanmingdi was an advocate of Buddhism. The Lantern Festival can be traced back to 2,000 years ago. However, most people cannot celebrate it with their families at a family reunion because there is no public holiday for this festival so long-distance travel isn't feasible. The Lantern Festival is also the first full moon night in the Chinese calendar, marking the return of spring and symbolizing the reunion of family. the Chinese New Year festival).Īfter the Lantern Festival, Chinese New Year taboos are no longer in effect, and all New Year decorations are taken down. The Lantern Festival is the last day (traditionally) of China's most important festival, Spring Festival (春节 Chūnjié /chwn-jyeah/ a.k.a. YearLantern Festival2017February 112018March 22019February 192020February 8 The Lantern Festival is Very Important The Lantern Festival is on the 15th day of the first Chinese lunar month (always between February 5 and March 7). Greeting: Happy Lantern Festival! 元宵节快乐！Yuánxiāojié kuàilè! /ywen-sshyaoww-jyeah kwhy-luh/.yuanxiao (ball dumplings in soup), lion dances, dragon dances, etc. Celebrations: enjoying lanterns, lantern riddles, eating tangyuan a.k.a.
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