Saturday, February 26, 2011

Lantern Festival 元宵節

Last weekend we headed out to Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall to check out the lantern festival.


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 celebrations.


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.





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