Chinese Lantern Festival (Yuan Xiao Jie) falls on February 12, 2025. It is a festive day and the end of the Chinese New Year (the Spring Festival). Click to see the origin, traditions, food, etc.

The Lantern Festival (traditional Chinese: 元宵節; simplified Chinese: 元宵节; pinyin: Yuánxiāo jié), also called Shangyuan Festival (traditional Chinese: 上元節; simplified Chinese: 上元节; pinyin: Shàngyuán jié) and Cap Go Meh (Chinese: 十五暝; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Cha̍p-gō͘-mê), is a Chinese traditional festival celebrated ...

2025年2月6日 · Lantern Festival, holiday celebrated in China and other Asian countries that honours deceased ancestors on the 15th day of the first month (Yuan) of the lunar calendar. The Lantern Festival aims to promote reconciliation, peace, and forgiveness.

1 天前 · After weeks of family gatherings and festive meals, the Lantern Festival brings everything to a sparkling close with colorful lanterns, breathtaking fireworks and lively cultural performances that fill the air with cheer. Across China, streets are transformed into glittering wonderlands as lanterns in every shape and color light up the night. ...

9 小时之前 · A total of nine waves of lantern releases were interspersed with music and dance performances as part of the festival. The stars of the show were a pair of 12-foot (3.6 meters) pink and golden snake-shaped lanterns, in a nod to the Year of the Snake.. People in China also celebrated the Lantern Festival, although no officially-organized event there sees the release …

15 小时之前 · The Lantern Festival was included in the second batch of national intangible cultural heritage in 2008. The festival can be dated back over 2,000 years to the Western Han Dynasty (202 BC-25 AD).

7 小时之前 · At the Pingxi Sky Lantern Festival in northern Taiwan, thousands lined up in the rain to light up and observe wish lanterns. Among them were Mae Alegonero and Shine Ceralvo, friends from the ...

1 天前 · The Lantern Festival is called yuen siu jeet (元宵節) in Cantonese, or Yuanxiao jie (元宵节) in Mandarin Chinese. It might sometimes also be referred to as the Shangyuan Festival (上元节 ...

2025年1月10日 · The Lantern Festival, also known as the Yuan Xiao Festival, welcomes the lunar year’s first full moon. It’s a dazzling holiday that wraps up Chinese New Year’s annual Spring Festival with a night of sparkling lights.

2024年10月29日 · The Lantern Festival (元宵节 or Yuánxiāojié in pinyin) is a Chinese holiday that traditionally marks the end of the Chinese New Year (Spring Festival) celebrations. Chinese people celebrate this holiday by enjoying colored lantern displays and eating sweet rice balls called tangyuan.