The lantern Festival,aslo known as the Yuanxiao Festival,is a traditional Chinese festival.It falls on the fifteenth day of the first month of the lunar calendar.People eat sweat rice dumplings called yuanxiao,watching lantern shows,and participate in various cultural activities such as dragon dances and lantern riddles.Families gather to celebrate with happiness.It marks the end of Chinese New Year celebrations and people start to get busy with their work and life in the new year.

On this day,every household is decorated with lights.People enjoy lanterns,guess lantern riddles,set off fireworks and eat Tangyuan.This festival sysbolizes reunion and happiness.The festival is a joyful occasion that represents family reunions and welcoming of a new year filled with peace,prosperity and hope.Many Lantern Festival events have been listed as National Intangible Culture Heritage items.