Chinese Lantern Festival (Yuan Xiao Jie – 元宵节) by: Bill 0 Comments Posted:2/09/2022Updated:2/08/2022 The Chinese Lantern festival, or yuánxiāo jié (元宵节) falls on the 15th day of the first lunar month.It comes two weeks after Chinese New Year’s Day, which is only the first day of the 15-day Spring Festival celebration period.Since Chinese New Year was on February 1, 2022, the Lantern Festival is coming up! It’s time to celebrate it on Tuesday, February 15th in 2022.

It marks the first full moon of the new year and the end of the Spring Festival.Is The Lantern Festival an OFFICIAL Chinese Holiday? The Lantern Festival is not actually a Chinese public holiday, so people don’t get days off from work or school.However, it is an evening to celebrate by gathering with family to eat glutinous rice balls, known as yuánxiāo (元宵) or tāngyuán (汤圆) and enjoy night views of colorful and brightly lit lanterns.

How do Chinese celebrate Lantern Festival? Chinese celebrate the Lantern Festival by…you guessed it—lighting and enjoying lanterns.In China, temple fairs are a great place to see lantern displays.Watching lion and dragon dances are another Lantern Festival activity.

Fireworks seem to come alive again on the day of the Lantern festival, maybe because of parades, or perhaps because it’s the final day of official Chinese New Year celebrations, and people take the opportunity to light up any firecrac

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