Chinese New Year Lantern Festival

The lantern festival aims to promote reconciliation peace and forgiveness.

Chinese new year lantern festival. The lantern festival or the spring lantern festival is a chinese festival celebrated on the fifteenth day of the first month in the lunisolar chinese calendar usually falling in february or early march on the gregorian calendar it marks the final day of the traditional chinese new year celebrations. As early as the western han dynasty 206 bce ce 25 it had become a festival with great. After the lantern festival chinese new year taboos are no longer in effect and all new year decorations are taken down.

The chinese new year festival. The lantern festival is known as yuan xiao festival. Festival celebrations also include lion and dragon dances parades and fireworks.

During the festival houses are festooned with colourful lanterns often with riddles written on them. The chinese new year holiday comes to its climax with the yuan xiao 元宵节 yuán xiāo jié or lantern festival. It features ancient spiritual traditions.

It is celebrated on the 15th day of the first month of the year. It s on the 15th day of the first lunar month in the chinese lunar calendar. Chinese lantern festival 2020 is on february 8 2020 saturday.

It celebrates family reunions and society. The lantern festival is the last day traditionally of china s most important festival spring festival 春节 chūnjié chwn jyeah a k a. Began over 2000 years ago the festival has developed many meanings.

This festival promotes peace forgiveness and aims to restore the friendly relation. Chinese lantern festival is not a national holiday in china. This festival is celebrated to honor the deceased ancestors.