China Travel Forum

[Gavin]

Tommorrow will be the last day of Spring Festival which is also known as the Lantern Festival. In ancient China, people believed that the light of lanterns could scare and drive away evil spirits. Today, the festival is celebrated at night with children carrying lanterns in a parade.

The traditional food eaten in Lantern festival is sweet dumpling (Yuan Xiao), made of glutinous rice flour with different fillings inside such as black sesame, hawthorn, nuts, etc. The dumplings are round and symbolize family unity and completeness.

Anyone will celebrate the day in China? What are your plans for the last day of Spring Festival?

[kamal]

During the past, maidens were seldom let out but on Lantern Festival they could go out to enjoy the lanterns and even to have a date.
There are many Chinese poets describing this romantic day!