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The symbolism of Lantern Festival lanterns

A bright" symbol and "joyful" atmosphere and is called a good time and beautiful scenery.

Describing the situation of the Lantern Festival, while the traditional opera Chen San and Wuniang met in the Lantern Festival lanterns and fell in love at first sight, Lechang Gongwen and Xu Deyin in the Lantern Festival night to reunite the mirror, the Spring Lanterns Puzzle Yuwen Yan and Shadow Niang in the Lantern Festival engaged in love. So the Lantern Festival is also China's "Valentine's Day".

Chinese people celebrate the Spring Festival, to the 15th of the first month of lanterns is not considered to be the end. On the 15th day of the first month, the folk called Lantern Festival, the most prominent landscape of this festival, is around the open lamps, race lamps, lamps and a series of "lamp" activities, and thus also known as the "Festival of Lights".