the Festival of Lanterns
The Festival of Lanterns is Chinese Valentine's Day, which falls on the fifteenth day in lunar new year in China. It also has a meaning of family reunion so that family or friends can get together to make dumplings or Tangyuans to eat. Also, they have a good time, talking and laughing.On the fifteenth day in lunar new year, I walked along the street with some good friends at night,just wanted to have a get-together with each other after the winter holiday.
Looked up into the blue-black sky, we could see there was a full moon out there, so bright and beautiful that we all loved to admire it. It was a little hot tonight and the street was quite lively. Many people, old and young, boys and girls were enjoying themselves. What a happy night!
My friends and I were also having a good time together, walking slowly, talking about something interesting happened in the Spring Festival, and laughing loudly. Then we went into a small restaurant to eat some sweet Tangyuans to celebrate our getting-together and the Festival of Lanterns.
Looked at the full bright moon once more,I realized that something simple like this could make us so happy. Yes, some simple things, such as family reunion , friends' getting-together, greetings from others, or just a gentle look, can give us enough energy to smile, to face to the difficulties in life bravely, and to have confidences in ourselves again. At the same time, those simple things are so precious that we will remember them by heart for ever...
What a lovely day!
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I am glad that you know Yuan Xiao. Yuan Xiao means the Festival of Lanterns and Tang Yuan is a kind of food that is sweet and delicious. We believe that having Tang Yang will bring us reunion and happy.
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The Lantern Festival (simplified Chinese: ???; traditional Chinese: ???; pinyin: Yuánxiaojié or simplified Chinese: ???; traditional Chinese: ???; pinyin: Shàngyuánjié; Vietnamese: T?t Nguyên tiêu; Hán t?: ???) is 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, Malaysia. During the Lantern Festival, children go out at night to temples carrying paper lanterns (simplified Chinese: ???; traditional Chinese: ???; pinyin: tùzideng) and solve riddles on the lanterns (simplified Chinese: ???; traditional Chinese: ???; pinyin: caidengmí). 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.
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.
In Vietnam, this festival, comes after the New Year, T?t, and is named "T?t Thu?ng Nguyên" or "T?t Nguyên Tiêu".
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