The Lantern Festival

Private Beijing Tour Expert

The lantern Festival is on the 15th day after the Chinese New Year(Spring Festival) in the first lunar month,all the streets,parks and public places are decorated as brilliantly as possible with colorful lanterns and lights.People used to write riddles on the lanterns for passers-by to figure out.There are many kinds of riddles and most are connected with Chinese culture,referencing customs,historical events or Chinese literary works.just like pictures below

In this festival,people perticlarly eat a kind of round or ball-shaped dumpling made of glutinous rice flour with various types of sweet fillings inside ,in Chinese we call it “YUANXIAO”.The round ,glutinous rice flour ball symbolizes"union"and "smoothness"which means “harmony”People believe that it can bring great success in the coming year.take a look the picture to know what is ”xuanxiao”

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