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What festival is Lantern Festival?

Lantern Festival, also known as Shangyuan Festival, Lantern Festival, Lantern Festival and ancient Valentine's Day. A traditional festival in China, which falls on the 15th day of the first lunar month every year. According to the folk tradition in China, on this bright night, people light thousands of lanterns to celebrate. Going out to enjoy the moon, lighting and setting fires, enjoying lantern riddles, eating Yuanxiao, family reunion and celebrating festivals are all enjoyment. Lantern Festival, also known as Lantern Festival and Spring Festival, is a traditional festival of Han nationality in China. The first month is the first month of the lunar calendar, which the ancients called Xiao, and the fifteenth day is the first full moon night in a year, so the fifteenth day of the first month is called the Lantern Festival. Also known as the first lunar month, Lantern Festival or Lantern Festival, it is the first important festival after the Spring Festival. China has a vast territory and a long history, so the customs of celebrating the Lantern Festival are different all over the country, among which eating Yuanxiao, watching lanterns and dancing dragons and lions are several important folk customs.