Lantern Festival: The First Full Moon of the New Year
Explore lantern displays, riddles, sweet rice balls and the many local ways people mark the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.
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A night of light
The Lantern Festival (元宵节, Yuánxiāo Jié) falls on the fifteenth day of the first month in the traditional Chinese calendar, the night of the year’s first full moon. It is often described as the final major celebration in the Spring --- TRUNCATED --- 1,670 chars