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The 15th day of the 1st lunar month is the Chinese Lant ern Festival because the first lunar month is called yua n-month and in the ancient times people called night X iao. The 15th day is the first night to see a full moon. S o the day is also called Yuan Xiao Festival in China.

According to the Chinese tradition, at the very beginnin g of a new year, when there is a bright full moon hangi ng in the sky, there should be thousands of colorful lan terns hung out for people to appreciate. At this time, p eople will try to solve the puzzles on the lanterns and e at yuanxiao (glutinous rice ball) and get all their familie s united in the joyful atmosphere.

Origin On the origin of the Lantern Festival, there are t hree claims http://www.77cn.com.cnntern Festival has been valued in the Western Han D ynasty.However, the Lanter n Festival has truly become a folk festival after the Han .

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2. Lantern Festival originated in the Torch Festival 3. Lantern Festival originated in Taoist practices Enlighteni ng the "Three said" 三元说

legend Emperor Wen of Han to commemorate the "Ping Lu," designed Dong fangshuo and Yuan xiao Yuan shikai and xuanxiao

Convention:Watching lanterns

This day's important activity is watching lanterns. Lanterns of various shapes and sizes are hung in t he streets, attracting countless visitors. Children wi ll hold self-made or bought lanterns to stroll with p arents on the streets, extremely excited."

Guessing lantern riddlesGuessing lantern riddles"is an essentia l part of the Festival. Lantern owners writ e riddles on a piece of paper and post the m on the lanterns. If visitors have solution s to the riddles, they can pull the paper o ut and go to the lantern owners to check their answer. If they are right, they will get a little gift. The activity emerged during pe ople's enjoyment of lanterns in the Song Dynasty (960-1279). As riddle guessing is interesting and full of wisdom, it has beco me popular among all social strata.

In the daytime of the Fe stival, performances such as a dragon lantern dance, a lion dance, a land boat d ance, a yangge dance, wal king on stilts and beating d rums while dancing will be staged.

Food

Yuan Xiao

People will eat yuanxiao, or rice dumplings on this day, so it is also called the "Yuanxiao Festival."Yuan xiao also has another name, tangyuan. It is small du mpling balls made of glutinous rice flour with rose p etals, sesame, bean paste, jujube paste, walnut me at, dried fruit, sugar and edible oil as filling. Tangyu an can be boiled, fried or steamed. It tastes deliciou s and sweet .