Lantern Festival is our traditional festival, the Lantern Festival every year to eat dumplings, fireworks.
Mom cooked dumplings, I can't wait to pick up the one in your mouth, mom shout; "Be careful, don't burn yourself. Bite on the filling flow out slowly, sticky. Sweet taste is great!
The Lantern Festival without watching lanterns. Finish eat yuanxiao, dad and I arrived Yang head square. There were so many lanterns here! There is "running" tiger. "Eat grass" rabbit. And "swimming" in the fish. Is a multifarious! All became light of the ocean. The world of light! Dad bought me a rabbit lanterns. As long as one click button. Deer will be singing a happy song. I hurriedly took my tiger lamp join make lanterns, after my father and I go to fireworks.
Fireworks can be interesting. So many kinds of fireworks! Some on the left of the gun... People are respect, suddenly, a naughty kid threw jilt cannons, people scared hiding; I followed papa fired cannons sky it spray flame, 1 of "pa" exploded and emits the colorful flowers.
The Lantern Festival is really interesting!
The 15thday of the 1st lunar month is the Chinese Lantern Festival. At the very beginning of a new year, there should be thousands of colorful lanterns hungout.
During the Lantern Festival,people will try to solve the puzzles on the lanterns and eat yuan xiao.
In the SuiDynasty in the sixth century, Emperor Yangdi used to see the colorful ligh te dlanterns and enjoy the gala performances.
By the be ginning of the Tang Dynasty, the lantern displays would last three days.
In the Song Dynasty, the festival was celebrated for five days and the activities began to spread to many of the big cities in China.
Today, the displaying of lanternsis still a big event on the 15th day of the first lunar month throughout China.
The Lantern Festival is our traditional festival, is also the last day of the lunar New Year, the fifteenth day of the lantern, on this day, people will eat yuan xiao, go to the flower market, to admire the lanterns, fireworks, guess riddles, dragon dance lion dance, the best blessing to the spring.
We just finished eating a family reunion dinner, dad said to take me to see lanterns, I am very happy. Early in the evening, the moon is up in the sky. A few stars naughty to blink my eyes. The silvery moon around lanterns with me together. Our family with the boisterous crowd to flower market. "Little fish" is I know dad around the neck, she glo-sticks in hand, on the head with a red ox horn, dressed in a red coat. With a happy smile on his face.
Streets, everywhere decorated, all kinds of electronic lanterns, can call a person too many things to see, as the waves of sound XuanSheng, two dragons, cross flying among the crowd.
Lantern Festival night, my father and mother and his party went to the square to see fireworks. Along the way, more people can see the lights, men and women have both, they happily said and laugh, the whole city festive atmosphere.
Suddenly, a "missiles" jet flew to the sky like an airplane, exploding in the sky, colorful parachutes floating in the air and disappeared as soon as it reached the ground. Several "meteors" across the sky, watching, that meteor shiny, flying to the clouds, then there have been numerous small fireworks, small fireworks crackling sound scared my brother quickly covered his ears, while a small fireworks disappeared Without a trace.
The night can be bustling Lantern Festival, the crowds of people to see the lights, people laugh open by word, I think this is a dream, but this is indeed true.
Today is the fifteenth day of the Lantern Festival, according to Chinese tradition, the family to get together and eat dumplings, our family is no exception.
Mother and grandmother in the kitchen busy along while, finally, steaming relish and tangyuan end on the table, white rice balls wrapped in the white sugar,, hawthorn fruit, peanut, eat in the mouth sweet, sour, sweet, contains our family in the New Year, happy HeHeMeiMei, best wishes.
After dinner, our family went to the street, I saw on the street is full of people on both sides and a variety of lanterns. Is a symbol of the geely festive lantern, there are all kinds of bright palace lantern, star light, circular lamp, firecrackers light... There are many shops, unit designed for their lights, keyboard switch, switch has a mobile phone, including the shape of bank card! So many beautiful lamp, see me dazzling. But I like our school or by making lanterns. It is made up of rows cute piggy lanterns, background is the teaching building of our school. Every pigs stomach, the small lights, they kept spinning, and at the same time also sent a beautiful voice, as if in said to us: "the pig happiness, study progress!"
On the way home, we saw a round moon, slowly grow up in the east, the bright moonlight, according to upon the earth with us. Mother said: "today, the moon, the earth, all in the same line, without any shade, also special it." We are enveloped in the moonlight, carrying lanterns, my little cat briskly back to the home.
Out of the window from time to time there are fireworks, firecrackers ring, our laughter through the unforgettable Lantern Festival.
Lantern Festival is a traditional Chinese festival,the first month of the Lunar New Year celebration of the fifteenth day.Lantern Festival is one of the largest festivals.A few days before the arrival of the Lantern Festival,people begin to make lanterns,animals,vegetables,fruits,all kinds of all,there are riddles.
The eve of the Lantern Festival,all the lanterns are hung.Lantern Festival,one look at the lanterns and riddles,wonderful folk performances,Dragon Dance and Younger.
After the Spring Festival, here comes the Lantern Festival. In China, people celebrate it on the lunar calendar fifteen. It symbolizes the short rest has come to an end after the spring festival; people need to get back to work with their best wishes in the brand-new year. We all celebrated this festival with plenty of food and fun. The most important and traditional food on the Lantern Festival is Tang-yuan. With sweet and soft rice outside and peanuts or sesame inside, this little rice ball stand for the happy reunion, and the best wish for the whole families. Apart from having dinner with parents and relatives, there are also lots of activities on that day. The Lantern shows as well as guessing riddles are part of the Lantern Festival; and the most interesting part of the show is that the riddles are written on the Lantern. After dinner, the whole families go to the lantern fair, to enjoy the happiness in this moment.
Happy Lantern Festival!
The first day of the Lunar New Year is "the welcoming of the gods of the heavens and earth."Many people abstain from meat on the first day of the new year because it is believed that this will ensure long and happy lives for them.
On the second day, the Chinese pray to their ancestors as well as to all the gods. They are extra kind to dogs and feed them well as it is believed that the second day is the birthday of all dogs.
The third and fourth days are for the sons-in-laws to pay respect to their parents-in-law.
The fifth day is called Po Woo. On that day people stay home to welcome the God of Wealth. No one visits families and friends on the fifth day because it will bring both parties bad luck.
On the sixth to the 10th day, the Chinese visit their relatives and friends freely. They also visit the temples to pray for good fortune and health.
The seventh day of the New Year is the day for farmers to display their produce. These farmers make a drink from seven types of vegetables to celebrate the occasion. The seventh day is also considered the birthday of human beings. Noodles are eaten to promote longevity and raw fish for success.
On the eighth day the Fujian people have another family reunion dinner, and at midnight they pray to Tian Gong, the God of Heaven.
The ninth day is to make offerings to the Jade Emperor.
The 10th through the 12th are days that friends and relatives should be invited for dinner. After so much rich food, on the 13th day you should have simple rice congee and mustard greens (choi sum) to cleanse the system.
The 14th day should be for preparations to celebrate the Lantern Festival which is to be held on the 15th night.
The moon is round, the earth is round, everything is round! The flowers are good, the scenery is good, the mood is better! Wish you and your family a happy Lantern Festival!
On the fifteenth day of the first month, the moon represents my heart! Let the moon take my blessing to you: happy Lantern Festival!
I will make you the happiest person tonight, when the light is day and we are all together.
At this moment, I have the deepest thoughts, let the cloud send to full blessing, adorn your sweet dream, wish you have a happy Lantern Festival.
The sound of drums and gongs and drums of fire, fireworks and lights, and Februarys wisps of light breeze into your heart, strings of hope to wish you: happy Lantern Festival!
festival of lanterns.i spent the festival of lanterns with my grandparents this year.
my family went to my grandparents‘ home and had dinner with them.we had lots of sweet dumpl ins. after the dinner, my grandparents and i went out to play fireworks.
we had a very good time together.
The Lantern Festival is a traditional Chinese festival. It's a Chinese custom to eat lanterns. After dinner, I came to the lantern party with my father and mother.
I took my father and mother's hands and came to the Lantern Festival. The lights were bright and the crowd was like a tide. The first thing that comes into our eyes is the civilization gate. There are all kinds of lanterns on the left and right sides of the civilization gate. One of my favorite is "peacock open screen". Its beautiful big tail is one by one, which is very vivid and realistic. There are two or three cranes on both sides and the big ship. When I see the big ship, I feel like I'm sailing and sailing on the sea.
Some people buy snacks and eat snacks while resting on the roadside. Some children buy fluorescent sticks and fluorescent balls and play in the street. We took several photos as a souvenir.
What a beautiful night! I like beautiful lanterns.
The fifteenth day of the first arrived, my family and I go to the lantern.
Can be busy in the street, people mountain people sea. At seven o 'clock is very to, start with fireworks, "bang..." Voice rings, the fireworks are green, red, yellow, purple, colorful, colorful. Look, a "super-sized" fireworks fly the sky, and then with a roar, and fireworks sprayed out of the little one was full of the sky, sometimes like a bauhinia, sometimes like a chrysanthemum. Some township, bine... "Bang! Bang" rang again, and some bread with a small bee in fireworks, after the blast, emit the light of fireflies. The colorful decorated enveloped the entire lijin county. See gold waterfall flows down, every gold falls and shiny golden flowers covered with earth. As the tang dynasty poet li bai have cloud: "plunges three thousand feet, suspected galaxy nine days."
Watching the fireworks, we go to see the lanterns again, we saw the Chinese zodiac, they seemed to be waving to us, the rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse,... In the said the New Year's blessing to tourists. Further on, we saw the Disneyland, the inside of the Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, such as "master", they are playing Musical Instruments, are thriving, a happy New Year! We also see "three kingdoms" lamp, zhang fei and guan yu, liu bei, three people, they in taoyuan sworn brother, I seem to hear them say: "although we can't born in the same year on the same day, I wish we are in the same year on the same day to death." And drums, gongs, it sounds really beautiful melody.
I had a really happy today.
Today my mother went home early in the morning, hands still carrying a large bag of flour and meat.
The materials are ready in a little while, and Im going to start learning to wrap up the Lantern Festival! My mother taught me the flour and the sticky, and then a little bit out to make a circle. Then use your fingers to press down one side of the circle, then stuffed with some meat inside, the opening of the concave pinch. A juicy and delicious lantern is wrapped up. The abrupt father asked me, "do you know the origin of the Lantern Festival?" I shook my head. So dad said to me: "the first month is the first month, the ancients call the night" night ", and the fifteen day is the first full moon in a year, so the fifteen is the Lantern Festival. Also known as the "Lantern Festival". It is said that early in the Han Emperor period, has been fifteen month as the Lantern Festival, when Emperor Wu created the "tachu calendar", further affirmed the importance of the Lantern festival. The Lantern Festival period, and continue to extend with the history of development, according to legend of the Tang Dynasty lantern only lasted for three days, the Song Dynasty is extended to five days, and after the Ming Dynasty, increased to ten days, from the eighth day to start activities, until seventeen years before the end of. The Lantern Festival originated in the Han Dynasty, the Han emperor is said to commemorate the "Ping Lu" and set up. The Han emperor after the death of Liu Ying, the empress of the clan dominated court politics. Zhou Chenping et al in lvhou died, except after Lu Ping forces, crowned Liu Heng for the Han emperor. Because the day is calm Lu fifteen January, each year since fifteen January night, Emperor Wen Di to the palace, and to have fun with the citizens to commemorate the fifteen day, as the Lantern festival.
This shows that knowledge can be learned at any time as long as you keep your mind.
The fillings inside the dumplings or Yuansiao are either sweet or salty. Sweet fillings are made of sugar，Walnuts，sesame，osmanthus flowers，rose petals，or jujube paste etc. A single ingredient or any combination can be used as the filling . The salty variety is filled with minced meat，vegetables etc.
Tomorrow is the fifteen Lantern Festival, on this day, all have held a grand festival, lantern riddles, eating lantern, lamp, kids playing lanterns, can be happy. I look up the history of the Lantern Festival and learn from all of you. I wish you a happy holiday!
The Lantern Festival has two thousand years of history in Chinese, also known as the "Lantern Festival", also known as the "Lantern Festival" or "Dengxi". According to Chinese ancient custom, "Yuan" means the moon circle, a year in the so-called "three yuan" the fifteen known as the "spring" in July fifteen, known as the "ghost", in October fifteen called "Yuan"; the fifteen is the year the first full moon night, is also one yuan the return of the night, Spring returns to the earth, people have to celebrate and celebrate the Spring Festival and Lantern Festival, also known as the "spring festival". "The night" is also the night, so the Lantern Festival also has the meaning of the first round night of the year.
The 15th day of the 1st lunar month is the Chinese Lantern Festival.According to the Chinese tradition, at the very beginning of a new year, when there is a bright full moon hanging in the sky, there should be thousands of colorful lanterns hung out.During the Lantern Festival, people will try to solve the puzzles on the lanterns and eat yuanxiao (glutinous rice ball).
In the Sui Dynasty in the sixth century, Emperor Yangdi invited envoys from other countries to China to see the colorful lighted lanterns and enjoy the gala performances.
By the beginning of the Tang Dynasty in the seventh century, the lantern displays would last three days. The emperor also lifted the curfew, allowing the people to enjoy the festive lanterns day and night.In the Song Dynasty, the festival was celebrated for five days and the activities began to spread to many of the big cities in China.
Today, the displaying of lanterns is still a big event on the 15th day of the first lunar month throughout China.The fillings inside the dumplings or Yuansiao are either sweet or salty. Sweet fillings are made of sugar, Walnuts, sesame, osmanthus flowers, rose petals, or jujube paste etc. A single ingredient or any combination can be used as the filling . The salty variety is filled with minced meat, vegetables etc.
When the Lantern Festival arrived, my mother carried me to the car (because my leg was hurt and I couldn't walk down the road). When the fireworks were set, the traffic police blocked the road and allowed no traffic. Then I took my aunt's electric car and arrived at my destination. A: it's not easy for me to see a firework!
The fireworks began to set off. Ah! How beautiful it is! There are colorful spheres rushing up into the sky. With a loud bang, fireworks explode in the air, some like a round smile, some like a red star, and some like Numbers. I was dazzled. The best of all was the red lanterns that waddled in the sky for a long time. What a happy day!
The atmosphere of the Spring Festival is still hazy, the breath blowing. The streets decorated, bursting with happiness. The Lantern Festival is a traditional festival in China. The Lantern Festival has the custom of putting fireworks and lanterns on the Lantern Festival.
What a lot of people in the street! The little old came out, everyone in the country and the bursting with happiness, to share the joy of the moment. You see, "whoosh", a few pieces of rockets into the sky, thousands of shining golden line into a beautiful huge flowers bloom in the sky quickly in the blink of an eye, and such as the waterfall, slowly shed. After the light of the yellow line, it turned into countless small gold flowers and opened a new beauty. Several fireworks flew into the sky, and the colors were open. Some like the beautiful peacock, the fan, a string of fireworks is the riotous with colour beautiful peacock feathers. Some flowers, like thousands of blooming flowers, show the charm of beauty. Some like an unfolding fan, waving. Theres like a fairy, to endure endure crowded crowded together...... The dark night is then lit up, has also become a big stage fireworks, let us feel dazzling, dizzying. All this I could not help but think of "the toast, and the world laughs" scene.
After watching the fireworks, we began to look at the lanterns with the flow of people. There were so many lights in the street. I was dazzled. Look, the first is just a few energetic, vigorous rabbits. This year is the year of the rabbit. These little rabbits symbolize the coming of the new year. We must accept new challenges and welcome ourselves. Well, look at that. A few small lanterns go around a big lantern. The big lantern says "golden year". Look at that, in three a lovely bear in front of a couple holding a picture of Spring Festival couplets written "bursting with happiness Spring Festival, energy-saving." All kinds of colored lights are like the stars in the sky. It is the "Lantern night drunk, only the edge of strong spring."
The Lantern Festival, the Chinese festival and the red hot Festival, is the beginning of the new year for Chinese people. You can also contribute to primary school composition, composition and personal network. Sincerely wish all Chinese people good luck next year.
Great China, blooming flower of carved 56 nationalities. Different regions, different customs are memorable, whether the Tibetan sholton, or yi people's torch festival. The han nationality of the Lantern Festival is the most let I addicted. It has more than two thousand years of history, in today's China popular is of no doubt. The Lantern Festival of its name, because its festival and customs activities in the first month in a year (yuan) on the fifteenth day of night (night) to hold.
The Lantern Festival, the first great achievement of the nature is yuanxiao. No matter the south north, to the fifteenth day this day, men, women and children around the table and to end on a few bowl of steaming glutinous balls, the steam in a small house and now and then the clouded spread a few happy laughter sound.
Lantern Festival is a China's traditional festival. It is celebrated on the fifteenth day of the first month of the lunar year.
I,antern Festival is one of the biggest holidays in China. Several days before Lantern Festival, people begin to make lanterns. Lanterns are made in the shape of different animals, vegetables, fruits and many, other things. While making lanterns people usually write riddles on lanterns. On the eve of Lantern Festival, all the lanterns are hung up.
On Lantern Festival people go outside to have a look at the lanterns and guess the riddles on the lanterns. Perhaps you call see some wonderful folk performances,Dragon Dance and Yangko. Everything is very interesting and everyone is very happy. Our life is rich and varied.
The first day of the Lunar New Year is "the welcoming of the gods of the heavens and earth."Many people abstain from meat on the first day of the new year because it is believed that this will ensure long and happy lives for them.
On the second day, the Chinese pray to their ancestors as well as to all the gods. They are extra kind to dogs and feed them well as it is believed that the second day is the birthday of all dogs.
The third and fourth days are for the sons-in-laws to pay respect to their parents-in-law.
The fifth day is called Po Woo. On that day people stay home to welcome the God of Wealth. No one visits families and friends on the fifth day because it will bring both parties bad luck.
On the sixth to the 10th day, the Chinese visit their.
In the morning, I was produced crackling of guns to awaken, turns out today isThe Lantern Festivalah, I climb up quickly, and her mother went home's feast.
In the home's, my mother and I spent a happy day.
Go home at night, fresh out of's home, my mother and I were sudden sound of guns surrounded, mother scared to cover your ears hiding in a small car back, and I was excited straight forward blunt, when guns small bit of time, my mother just slowly explore successful in career, I a pull a mother's hand to the gate ran, and made an effort, we just escaped from the gun battalion, we took a taxi, this just breathe a sigh of relief.
The Lantern Festival is really exciting!
Today is the Lantern Festival. The Lantern Festival is being held everywhere.
We xiamen is no exception, held a large flower lantern show. The lantern show has improved and improved significantly compared to the past, such as security, order, security measures and guards. I entered the zhongshan park from the south gate, and I saw the colorful and colorful lanterns in my eyes. But the soaring shenzhou vi and the big, mighty golden dragon stood out. As far as I know, the big golden dragon was made up of 28,000 small chrysanthemum plants. You said that it was not surprising and the success of shenzhou 6 was a symbol of the increasing technological level in China. Then, I again to go by boat, tour of the water lanterns, see a station of the five fuwa lanterns, Im curious: fuwa are some graceful, some happy, there are strong. Fuwa wish the Beijing 20__ Olympic Games a complete success. Finally, I left zhongshan park reluctantly.
Today, I have learned a lot about extracurricular knowledge by watching lanterns, and I still have a great harvest.
Yesterday is the Lantern Festival, can be noisy! According to the traditional Chinese folk, the day of the magnificent on brand night, people points up lights all light, to show celebration. Go out the moon, burning lamp burning, happy event put lantern riddle quiz, were yuanxiao, have a family reunion, the backdrop of the festival, feel happy.
At 7:00 in the evening, I just have a meal, the sky sounded the ZhaLei general noise, and bam! Bam! Bam! Each a barrage of put up the fireworks! I hurried stop chopsticks, rushed out of dining room and father, brother ran upstairs to watch the fireworks to!
Because my home in this area are of high buildings! I stand on top of the panoramic view of all the scenery! Fireworks rose! Some like a blooming chrysanthemums! Some like the dancing like fireflies, some like a snow mountain blasted general!
The most beautiful to a few "big fireworks," is likely the volcanic eruption, purples, green, yellow, "a mountain" even "a mountain" out! Like a meteor scattered, lined with black night, gorgeous and dazzing! The dark of night as a bright
Read other people's fireworks, my brother and I also put their fireworks take out to put! I took out "ChongTianBao", lit, like a meteor shot out, trailing behind a long "tail"!
Colorful! Brother took out "the Christmas tree", sent out a powerful sparks! Color various kind! Like a fountain, moving short, when light dark! Sparks from the "day" and drop, like countless pearls hung in the sky! Like heaven fell in the Milky Way.
Shine! Still put "yuhua" is like fairy scattering flower, fell from the sky, and sometimes "flower" heart still open "little", such as flower general. There's like "UFO" flash in the past, speed eyes can't keep up, some like a gyroscope general "crazy rotating"............. In the night
Finally put out the fireworks, about the quiet down, and to see this beautiful fireworks, reminds me of the xin qiji's "jade case yuan xi", he found in the thousands of degrees, suddenly look back, that person but in, fire dim. Yuan xiao party is over, but the happiness and laughter, a long time to curl up in our window...
It was the Lantern Festival, and my parents took me to the Confucius temple to see the Lantern Festival. Along the way, it was drizzling. One to the Confucius temple, the eyes are all lights, as if into the light of the sea. The lotus lantern on the left, the advertising lamp on the right, looks like two soaring dragons.
After that, my parents took me to the lantern market to buy lanterns. What a lot of lanterns! There are rabbit lights, pigeon lights, and dog lights... I looked back and forth several times. It was dazzling. I was dazzled, didn't know which to buy? Finally, I bought an antique candle lamp.
Then mom and dad took me to the pedal boat. Because of the festival, so many people, lined up a long team. We chose a goose boat, my father and mother pedaled, and I held the rudder. We had a happy Lantern Festival.
The annual Lantern Festival has finally arrived. On this day, people will eat dumplings, watch lanterns and set off fireworks to celebrate this happy festival together. We are no exception.
On this day, our whole family went out of the house early to watch various forms of street art performances, including lion dance, dragon dance, stilt walking, dry boat running, etc. you see, the energetic and enthusiastic performances of the actors welcomed bursts of admiration from the audience.
In the evening, the street is brightly lit, as if walking into the ocean of lights. Look! There are dazzling dragon lights, lovely rabbit lights, and my favorite cartoon character lights, which are really dazzling. Eh! Not far ahead, what are we doing together? My mother and I crowded into the crowd and guessed the lantern riddle! Unfortunately, I didn't guess the first one. My mother was about to tell me the answer. Suddenly, with a loud noise, fireworks appeared in the sky, flying in the air like dancing butterflies. It's really a lively ocean.
At this moment, everyone was fascinated by the colorful world and refused to leave for a long time.
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."Guessing lantern riddles"is an essential part of the Festival.People will eat yuanxiao,or rice dumplings,on this day,so it is also called the "Yuanxiao Festival."Yuanxiao also has another name,tangyuan.Tangyuan can be boiled,fried or steamed.It tastes sweet and delicious.
Lantern Festival is a traditional Chinese festival, but also the last day of Chinese New Year, the first month 15 downtown lantern, every day, people are to eat Lantern Festival and stroll through the flower market, flowers light, the ceremony flowers, guess riddles, dragon and lion dances, to sustenance of the spring, best wishes.
We have just finished a family dinner, Dad took me to see the lantern say that I am very happy. In the evening, a moon had been up early on in the sky. A few stars naughty wink to me. Silver-white on children with me to stroll along lantern. We are a lively crowd came as the flower market. My father wearing a red jacket. Face with a happy smile.
The streets, everywhere decorated, a variety of e-lantern, Jiao Ren simply dazzle with waves of percussion show of sound, two dragon, flying cross the middle of the crowd. At this time, several more loud, beautiful fireworks in the air, opening up one after another, and some, like chrysanthemums, and some like snow in June, and some, like a sky full of stars, and some, like colorful flowers.
Late at night, people in the face of light flowers are filled with satisfaction, happiness, pleasant look and left.
-lantern festival is a china’s traditional festival. it is celebrated on the fifteenth day of the first month of the lunar year.
i,antern festival is one of the biggest holidays in china.
several days before lantern festival, people begin to make lanterns.
lanterns are made in the shape of different
animals, vegetables, fruits and many, other things. while making lanterns people usually write riddles on lanterns. on the eve of lantern festival, all the lanterns are hung up.
on lantern festival people go outside to have a look at the lanterns and guess the riddles on the lanterns. perhaps you call see some wonderful folk performances,dragon dance and yangko.
everything is very interesting and everyone is very happy. our life is rich and varied.
The Festival of Lanterns takes place at the end of the Chinese New Year Celebration, on the fifteenth day of the first moon. Lanterns have been part of Chinese life for centuries so it's not surprising to see a festival of lanterns.
People usually hang lanterns in the gardens, outside the houses, and on the boats. These lanterns are signposts to guide guests and spirits of ancestors to the Lunar celebration. After a sumptuous fifteen-day feast, these lanterns light the way for the spirits back to the world beyond.
Silk, paper and plastic lanterns vary in shape and size and are usually multi-colored. Some are in the shapes of butterflies, birds, flowers, and boats. Other are shaped like dragon, fruit and animal symbols of that year. The most popular type of lantern is the horse-racing one, in which figures or animals rotate around the vertical axis of the lantern.
The special food for the Lantern Festival is Yuen Sin or Tong Yuen. These are round dumplings made with sticky rice flour. They can be filled and served as a sweet snack or made plain and cooked in a soup with vegetables, meat and dried shrimp. The round shape of the dumpling is a symbol of wholeness, completeness and unity.
The Lantern Festival is an occasion for families to get together and for everyone--young, old, rich and poor to have fun.