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The Lantern Festival falls on the 15th day of the 1st lunar month, usually in February

or March in the Gregorian calendar. As early as the Western Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 25),

it had become a festival with great significance.

This day's important activity is watching lanterns. Throughout the Han Dynasty (206

BC-AD 220), Buddhism flourished in China. One emperor heard that Buddhist monks would

watch sarira, or remains from the cremation of Buddha's body, and light lanterns to

worship Buddha on the 15th day of the 1st lunar month, so he ordered to light lanterns in

the imperial palace and temples to show respect to Buddha on this day. Later, the Buddhist

rite developed into a grand festival among common people and its influence expanded

from the Central Plains to the whole of China.

Till today, the lantern festival is still held each year around the country. Lanterns of various

shapes and sizes are hung in the streets, attracting countless visitors. Children will hold

self-made or bought lanterns to stroll with on the streets, extremely excited.

lantern riddles

Lantern owners write riddles on a piece of paper and post them on the lanterns. If visitors

have solutions to the riddles, they can pull the paper out and go to the lantern owners to

check their answer. If they are right, they will get a little gift. The activity emerged during

people's enjoyment of lanterns in the Song Dynasty (960-1279). As riddle guessing is

interesting and full of wisdom, it has become popular among all social strata.

People will eat yuanxiao, or rice dumplings, on this day, so it is also called the

Festival.

glutinous rice flour with rose petals, sesame, bean paste, jujube paste, walnut meat, dried

fruit, sugar and edible oil as filling. Tangyuan can be boiled, fried or steamed. It tastes

sweet and delicious. What’s more, tangyuan in Chinese has a similar pronunciation with

meaning reunion. So people eat them to denote union, harmony and

happiness for the family.

In the daytime of the Festival, performances such as a dragon lantern dance, a lion dance,

a land boat dance, a yangge dance, walking on stilts and beating drums while dancing will

be staged. On the night, except for magnificent lanterns, fireworks form a beautiful scene.

Most families spare some fireworks from the Spring Festival and let them off in the Lantern

Festival. Some local governments will even organize a fireworks party. On the night when

the first full moon enters the New Year, people become really intoxicated by the imposing

fireworks and bright moon in the sky.