The Lantern Festival in China is a festival celebrated on the fifteenth day
of the first month in the lunisolar year in the lunar
calendar marking
the last day of the lunar
New Year celebration.
It is also known as the Chap Goh
Meh 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. The first month of the lunar
calendar is called the yuan month,
and in olden times night was called xiao in
Mandarin. Therefore, the day is called Yuan Xiao Festival
in China. The fifteenth day is the first full
moon of that lunar year. According to
East Asian tradition, at the beginning of a new year, when there is a bright
full moon in the sky, there should be thousands of colorful lanterns hung out
for people to appreciate. At this time, people will try to solve puzzles on
lanterns, eat glutinous rice balls named after the festival, yuanxiao and
enjoy a family reunion.
Jingle Bell , Jingle Bell ! hohoho :D CHRISTMAS !!!
Christmas is an annual commemoration of the birth of Jesus Christ and a widely observed holiday, celebrated generally on December 25 by millions of people around the world. A feast central to theChristian liturgical year, it closes the Advent season and initiates the twelve days of Christmastide, which ends after the twelfth night.Christmas is a civil holiday in many of the world's nations, is celebrated by an increasing number of non-Christians, and is an integral part of the Christmas and holiday season.
Jingle Bell , Jingle Bell ! hohoho :D CHRISTMAS !!!
Christmas is an annual commemoration of the birth of Jesus Christ and a widely observed holiday, celebrated generally on December 25 by millions of people around the world. A feast central to theChristian liturgical year, it closes the Advent season and initiates the twelve days of Christmastide, which ends after the twelfth night.Christmas is a civil holiday in many of the world's nations, is celebrated by an increasing number of non-Christians, and is an integral part of the Christmas and holiday season.
Christmas Day is celebrated as a
major festival and public
holiday in
countries around the world, including many whose populations are mostly
non-Christian. In some non-Christian countries, periods of former colonial rule
introduced the celebration (e.g. Hong
Kong); in others, Christian minorities or foreign cultural influences
have led populations to observe the holiday. Countries such as Japan, where
Christmas is popular despite there being only a small number of Christians,
have adopted many of the secular aspects of Christmas, such as gift-giving,
decorations, and Christmas trees.
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