Chinese New Year Lantern Festival 2021
Almost 2000 years ago the festival has developed many important meanings.
Chinese new year lantern festival 2021. Lantern festival or spring lantern festival falling on the 15th day of the first chinese lunar month is one of the traditional festivals in china. Celebrate chinese new year and the year of the ox at the 2021 auckland lantern festival from thursday 25 sunday 28 february on captain cook and marsden wharves. 2021 is the year of the white metal cow.
Chinese new year officially begins on february 12th 2021 and ends on february 22nd. Therefore the 15th lunar day is the lantern festival. Meanwhile the following are the dates of past and future festivals using the gregorian calendar.
The lantern festival is the chinese new year holiday comes to its climax with the yuan xiao or lantern festival. The chinese new year holiday comes to its climax with the yuan xiao 元宵节 yuán xiāo jié or lantern festival began over 2000 years ago the festival has developed many meanings. Discover the traditions taboos dishes and drinks that are part of china s most important holiday.
Chinese lantern festival is the 15th and last day of the chinese new year festival. Customs and activities in lantern festival mainly include watching lanterns eating sweet dumplings guessing lantern riddles and setting off fireworks. It is also known as the lunar new year or the spring festival.
If you want to know more about festivities in china read chinese new year calendar 2021 for the updated schedule of events. Join us in 2021 to celebrate chinese new year at the auckland lantern festival. It celebrates family reunions and society.
The 15th day is the first night to see a full moon in that lunar year. The first lunar month is called the yuan month and in ancient times people called the night xiao. The 15th lunar day is close to the full moon day.