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Lantern Festival 1st Origin of Lantern Festival The Lantern Festival in China is a festival celebrated on the fifteenth day of the first month in the lunar calendar, marking the last day of the lunar New Year celebration. It is also known as the Yuanxiao Festival .It officially ends the Chinese New Year celebrations. 1st Origin of Lantern Festival The Emperor Wen of Han Dynasty directed special attention to this event. He proclaimed it to be one of the most important celebrations and the ceremony would last throughout the night. He demanded everyone should light their candles on that day. Because, he finally won the throne from his half-brother’s mother----Queen Lv, and he thought it should be memorized. 1st Origin of Lantern Festival A beautiful crane that flew down to earth from heaven. After it landed on earth it was hunted and killed by some villagers. 1st Origin of Lantern Festival This angered the Jade Emperor in heaven because the crane was his favorite. So, he planned a storm of fire to destroy the village on the fifteenth lunar day. 1st Origin of Lantern Festival The Jade Emperors daughter secretly warned the inhabitants of her father’s plan to destroy their village. The village was in turmoil because nobody knew how they could escape their imminent destruction. 1st Origin of Lantern Festival However, a wise man from another village suggested that every family should hang red lanterns around their houses, set up bonfires on the streets, and explode firecrackers on the fourteenth, fifteenth, and sixteenth lunar days. 1st Origin of Lantern Festival On the fifteenth lunar day, troops sent down from heaven whose mission was to destroy the village saw that the village was already ablaze, and returned to heaven to report to the Jade Emperor. Satisfied, the Jade Emperor decided not to burn down the village. 1st Origin of Lantern Festival From that day on, people celebrate the anniversary on the