Lantern Festival
Posted On January 29, 2020
元宵节
What is Latern Festival: Mandarin, English
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.
Significance: Marks the end of the Lunar New Year
Date: Saturday, February 8, 2020
Observances: Flying of paper lanterns; Consumption of tangyuan
Latern and Light shows from the past
- Washington State 2015
- Albuquerque Mexico 2017
- Columbus Ohio
- Chiang Mai Thailand
- NYC 2019
- LA 2019
- Xian City Wall 2019
- China 2019 – Mandarin
- Beijing 2019
Too bad most of these activities will be curtailed this year.
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