The Lantern Festival is celebrated in various cultures around the world with unique traditions and customs. In China, it marks the end of the Chinese New Year celebrations and involves lighting and releasing lanterns into the sky. In Taiwan, the festival is known for its elaborate lantern displays and parades. In Thailand, the festival is called Yi Peng and involves releasing lanterns into the sky and floating lanterns on water. In Korea, the festival is called Daeboreum and involves flying kites and eating special foods. Overall, the Lantern Festival is a time for people to come together, celebrate, and bring light into their lives.
The Lantern Festival or Yuanxiao Festival is celebrated to mark the end of the Spring Festival in many East Asian countries. It takes place on the 15th day of the first month in the lunar calendar. The festival is characterized by colorful lantern displays, lion dances, and the consumption of sweet rice dumplings called yuanxiao.
The Yi Peng Lantern Festival is celebrated simultaneously with Loi Krathong, which is a festival celebrated annually throughout Thailand and certain parts of Laos. Yi Peng refers to the full moon day in the second month according to the Lanna lunar calendar. People make intricately shaped paper lanterns which take on different forms, and these lanterns are launched into the air on this day. The festival is meant as a time for to make merit.
The Yi Peng Lantern Festival is celebrated simultaneously with Loi Krathong, which is a festival celebrated annually throughout Thailand and certain parts of Laos. Yi Peng refers to the full moon day in the second month according to the Lanna lunar calendar. People make intricately shaped paper lanterns which take on different forms, and these lanterns are launched into the air on this day. The festival is meant as a time for to make merit.
The Lantern Festival means a religious meaning.
Taiwan Lantern Festival was created in 1990.
The lantern festival origionates from China
Yuan Xiao Jie, Yuan Xiao stands for Lantern, which is kind of Food speicalized for the festival. Jie=Festival.
The Chinese traditional Lantern Festival, Yuanxiao Festival in Chinese, which is on 15th day of the Chinese Lunar Calendar.
I never see a slogan for lantern festival. After all, it's a festivity, not a political campaign, right?
The last day of the Chinese New Year is called "Lantern Festival"
600 AD
The Lantern Festival, a Chinese festival celebrated on the fifteenth day of the first month in the lunar year in the Chinese calendar. It is not to be confused with the Mid-Autumn Festival, which is also sometimes known as the "Lantern Festival" in locations such as Singapore, and Malaysia. During the Lantern Festival, children go out at night to temples carrying paper lanterns and solve riddles on the lanterns. It officially ends the Chinese New year. In ancient times, the lanterns were fairly simple, for only the emperor and noblemen had large ornate ones; in modern times, lanterns have been embellished with many complex designs. For example, lanterns are now often made in shapes of animals. The Lantern Festival is also known as the Little New Year since it marks the end of the series of celebrations starting from the Chinese New Year. Koreans celebrate this festival as the Daeboreum.