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"Lantern" refers to "灯笼"(Deng Long, Deng pronounces the level tone and Long the rising tone) in Chinese. Lantern, also known as colored lantern, originated from the Western Han Dynasty(BC206- AD25). Chinese people always put up red lanterns on the Lantern Festival which is celebrated on the 15th of the first lunar month of Chinese calender every year.

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