2019-02-20
The Lantern Festival, a traditional Chinese festival , is celebrated on the 15th day of the first lunar month .It falls on Tuesday this year.
It is a continuation of celebrating the Spring Festival . The day leads to the first full moon night of the year , and is also the night when the earth returns to spring .
During the Han Dynasty(206 BC-AD 24) , more than 2000 years ago , Emperor Wen ordered that the 15th day of the lunar month to be dedicated to the Lantern Festival.
It was also a romantic festival in ancient China , providing an opportunity for unmarried men and women to meet .
In ancient times . young women ,especially daughters of eminet families ,hardly stepped out their houses ,But during the Lantern Festival . it was a tradition that all people , including thoes young women ,come out for lantern shows .
Watching Lanterns at night was just an opportunity for young women to find man whose appearance appealed to them . Another activity ,guessing the answers to lantern riddles ,gives young people a chance to interact with each other and know more about each other . For thousands of years . there about each other ,For thousands of years ,there have been numerous love stories originating during the Lantern Festival .
A poem by Xin Qiji a poet of the Song Dynasty (AD420-479) despicts a love story at the lantern festival .
But in the crowd once and again.
I look for her in vain.
When all at once I turn my head .
I find her there where lantern light is dimly shed.
(众里寻她千百度，暮然回首那人却在灯火阑珊处)
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