元宵 -yuan xiāo 　　 Lanterns/Lantern　

FestivalBy: Hao Duanli

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Intro.

The lanterns are a very important and essential decoration during 春节(chunjie). The 元宵节 (yuan xiāo jie) is the official closing to the 春节　 (chun jie).

历史 -(li　shi)　istory

The Lantern Festival

dates back thousands of

years. There are many

different shapes, sizes,

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Celebrated.Lantern Festival is celebrated on the

fifteenth day of the first month in the lunar year in the Chinese calendar. The reason it is celebrated on that day is because the first lunar month is called 元月 (yuan yue) and in ancient times people called night 宵 (xiāo).

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More　on　the　Celebration.

The 15th day is the first night to see a full moon. So,

in China they call it the 元宵节　 (yuan xiāo jie). When there is a full

Moon in the sky you will see many

Colorful lanterns hanging all

Around.

Facts.The festival is like a Chinese Valentines

Day, so many spend beautiful and romantic evenings with their significant other.

Children go out at night to temples carrying paper lanterns and try to solve riddles on the lanterns.

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Bibliography

http://www.travelblog.org/Photos/3335809.html

http://www.index-china.com/index-english/Lantern.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lantern_Festival