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Lantern Festival
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. It is usually in February or March in the Gregorian calendar. As early as the Western Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 25), it had become a festival with great significance.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.china.org.cn/english/features/Festivals/78320.htm )〕 During the Lantern Festival, children go out at night to temples carrying paper lanterns and solve riddles on the lanterns ().
In ancient times, the lanterns were fairly simple, and only the emperor and noblemen had large ornate ones . In modern times, lanterns have been embellished with many complex designs.〔 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, which they will let go of the next year. The lanterns are almost always red to symbolize good fortune 〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/special_report/1998/chinese_new_year/50400.stm )〕
In Hong Kong, it is commercialized as the Chinese equivalent of Valentine's Day. It is not to be confused with the Mid-Autumn Festival; which is sometimes also known as the "Lantern Festival" in locations such as Singapore and Malaysia.〔〔http://www.travelchinaguide.com/essential/holidays/lantern.htm〕
==History==
The first month of the lunisolar calendar is called the ''yuan'' month, and in olden times night was called ''xiao'' in Mandarin. Therefore, the day is called Yuan Xiao （元宵） Festival in China. The fifteenth day is the first full moon of 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 should be thousands of colorful lanterns hung out for people to appreciate. At this time, people will try to solve puzzles on lanterns, eat glutinous rice balls named after the festival, ''yuanxiao'' (also known as ''tangyuan'' () and enjoy a family reunion.〔
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