The Lantern Festival (Yuan Xiao Festival in Chinese) is a traditional Chinese festival that falls on the 15th of the first lunar month, marking the end of the New Year celebrations.
People celebrate lantern festival by creating thousands of spectacular and colorful lanterns, trying to solve the riddles on the lanterns, and eating yuanxiao (glutinous rice ball) in Jiangsu.
A mother with her child admires the lanterns and solves riddles in Lianyungang, Jiangsu province, on March 5. [Photo/english.jschina.com.cn] |
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