Posted 2017/1/13
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.
