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The Lantern Festival (traditional Chinese: 元宵節; simplified Chinese: 元宵节; pinyin: Yuánxiāo jié), also called Shangyuan Festival (traditional Chinese: 上元節; simplified Chinese: 上元节; pinyin: Shàngyuán jié) and Cap Go Meh (Chinese: 十五暝; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Cha̍p-gō͘-mê), is a Chinese traditional festival celebrated ...
People walk on stilts to celebrate the Lantern Festival in Chengguan town, Hua County, Anyang city, in Henan province, China, on Feb. 24, 2024.
Lunar New Year celebrations traditionally culminate in the Lantern Festival, a massive procession of lights held everywhere from Zigong, China, to Franklin Square in Philadelphia.
In Chiang Mai, the festival lasts three days, and in 2024, the dates are 15-16 November. In Thailand, the festival is known as Loi Krathong. Outside Thailand, this festival is celebrated under different names, including Myanmar as the "Tazaungdaing festival", Sri Lanka as "Il Full Moon Poya", China as "Lantern Festival" and Cambodia as "Bon Om ...
The Mid-Autumn Festival (for other names, see § Etymology) is a harvest festival celebrated in Chinese culture.It is held on the 15th day of the 8th month of the Chinese lunisolar calendar with a full moon at night, corresponding to mid-September to early October of the Gregorian calendar. [1]
The Lantern Festival celebrates the first full moon of the year — hence the name (Yuan means beginning. Xiao means night). It marks the departure of winter and the beginning of the spring season.
Lantern Festival at the Chiang Kai Shek Memorial Hall in 2004. The Taiwan Lantern Festival (Chinese: 臺灣燈會; pinyin: Táiwān dēnghuì) is an annual event hosted by the Tourism Bureau of the Ministry of Transportation and Communications in Taiwan to celebrate the Lantern Festival.
But for billions of people around the world who celebrate the Chinese New Year, also known as the Lunar New Year, ... Jan. 29, and lasts until the Lantern Festival on Feb. 12.