In China, we can't live without Chinese, and learning Chinese is inseparable from its historical development and tradition. Today we are going to learn about the Lantern Festival in China.
The Lantern Festival falls on the 15th day of the first month of the lunar calendar, a traditional festival that Chinese people attach great importance to. The Lantern Festival is also called "Shangyuan Festival", the Spring Lantern Festival, is a festival for many families to get together. The fifteenth day of the first lunar month is the night of the first full moon of the year. With the custom of eating yuanxiao(sweet dumplings), this festival is firmly associated with the word “reunion”. The Lantern Festival is the first important festival after the Spring Festival. Both the south and the north in China pay more attention to this festival and hold many activities to celebrate it.
Since the middle of the Tang Dynasty, the Lantern Festival has developed into a national carnival in China. Therefore, the Lantern Festival is the most thorough and typical traditional festival that embodies the traditional festival customs.
In most places, the customs of the Lantern Festival include eating yuanxiao, watching lanterns, guessing lantern riddles, beating drums, performing dragon and lion dances, etc. However, the customs of the North and South also have their own unique features.
Eating Tangyuan(glutinous rice balls or called sweet dumplings) is an important custom during the Lantern Festival. Today, the north is called yuanxiao and the south is called tangyuan.
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