The Week-long New Year Celebration of The Snake ends now. It began on Wed, Jan 29, 2025 – Wed, Feb 12, 2025 The End .
The last day of Chinese New Year Celebrations is called the Lantern Festival, or Yuan Xiao Jie in Mandarin.
It takes place on the 15th day of the first lunar month. The first full moon of the year.
- Yuan means "beginning" and xiao is night.
- People eat sweet glutinous rice balls called tangyuan.
- Children carry lanterns around the neighborhood at night.
- Streets are decorated with all types of lanterns.
- Poems and riddles are often written for entertainment.
- Dragon dances are performed in many areas.
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Thousands in Taiwan and China have celebrated the Lantern Festival, a holiday that marks the end of the Lunar New Year period and is celebrated on the 15th day of the first month of the lunar calendar.