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Lantern Festival
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festival marking the last day of the lunar New Year celebration
Key facts
- Observed by
- Chinese
- Type
- Cultural, Religious
- Significance
- Marks the end of the Chinese New Year
- Observances
- Flying of paper lanterns;, consumption of tangyuan
- Date
- 15th day of the 1st lunisolar month
- 2025 date
- 12 February
- 2026 date
- 3 March
- 2027 date
- 20 February
- Related to
- Chotrul Duchen (in Tibet) , Daeboreum (in Korea) , Koshōgatsu (in Japan) , Māgha Pūjā (in Thailand, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Cambodia and Laos) , Tết Nguyên Tiêu (in Vietnam)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- holiday
- Image
- Lantern Festival in Taiwan at night 5.jpg
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- Commons category
- Lantern festivals
- day in year for periodic occurrence
- 15th day of the 1st month in the Chinese calendar
- described by source
- Gujin Tushu Jicheng
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
Hokkien name Traditional Chinese十五暝 / 上元 Literal meaning"15th Night" / "Top Primary"
Second alternative Chinese name Traditional Chinese上元節 Simplified Chinese上元节 Literal meaningfirst great [Emperor-Officials] festival
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