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Lantern Festival The Lantern Festival is a Chinese festival celebrated on the fifteenth day of the first month in the The Lantern Festival is a Chinese festival celebrated on the fifteenth day of the first month in the lunisolar year in the lunar calendar marking the last day of the lunar New Year celebration.[1] It is usually in February or March in the Gregorian calendar. As early as theWestern Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 25), it had become a festival with great significance.[2] During the Lantern Festival, children go out at night to temples carrying paper lanternsand solve riddles on the lanterns (simplified Chinese: 猜灯谜; traditional Chinese: 猜燈謎; pinyin: cāidēngmí;Jyutping: caai1dang1mai4).[3][4] In ancient times, the lanterns were fairly simple, and only the emperor and noblemen had large ornate ones .[5] In modern times, lanterns have been embellished with many complex designs.[4] For example, lanterns are now often made in the shape of animals. The lanterns can symbolize the people letting go of their past selves and getting new ones,[6] which they will let go of the next year. The lanterns are almost always red to symbolize good fortune[7] In Hong Kong, it is commercialized as the Chinese equivalent of Valentines Day. It is not to be confused with theMid-Autumn Festival; which is sometimes also known as the Lantern Festival in locations such as Singapore andMalaysia.[2][8] History lunisolar calendar is called the yuan lunisolar calendar is called the yuan month, and in olden times night was day is the first full moonof that lunisolar year. According to Taoist tradition, the fifteenth day of the day is the first full moonof that lunisolar year. According to Taoist tradition, the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Shàngyuán, corresponds to the Official of Heaven, who enjoys bright and joyful objects, so there there should be thousands of colorful lanterns hung out for people to appreciate. At this time, people will as tangyuan as tangyuan (simplified Chine

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