The Lantern Festival is the 15th day of the first lunar month which is the first full moon of the year. It is the final day and climax of the Chinese New Year, and a day for appreciating the bright full moon, and family reunion. This festival has a history of more than 2000 years.

    It is called Lantern Festival because the most important activity during the night of the event is to admire colorful lanterns at the festival night. The lanterns are various including palace lanterns, animal lanterns, figure lanterns, toy lanterns and flower lanterns.
Another popular activity at Lantern festival is guessing lantern riddles. People are encouraged to compete to guessing the riddles. This intellectual activity is very exciting.


    The Lantern Festival is also called Yuanxiao Festival because it is a traditional custom to eat Yuanxiao on that day. Yuanxiao is a round glutinous rice ball filled with different kinds of sweet stuffing, such as sweet red bean paste, sesame paste, or peanut butter. The pronunciation of Yuanxiao and the round shape of it have the meaning of union, harmony and happiness.