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The Lantern Festival is the day that marks the end of the ๐Ÿฒ Chinese New Year (๐ŸŒธ Spring Festival) celebrations. It is also called Dengjie or Yuanxiaojie. It is celebrated traditionally on the 15th day of the first month of the ๐ŸŒ• Lunar ๐Ÿ“… Calendar.

Interesting Facts:
  • A ๐Ÿฎ Red paper lantern is a traditional red lantern that is hung near ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Japanese bars izakaya, where you can enjoy ๐Ÿฅก Food and ๐Ÿถ Drinks. In 2010, it appeared in the 1.0 emoji version under the name Izakaya Lantern, but in 2015 Unicode changed its name to Red Paper Lantern.
  • Japanese bars hang red paper lanterns on purpose to attract the attention of passers-by. Therefore, there are often hieroglyphs on the lanterns denoting the name of the bar or words such as โ€œalcoholโ€, โ€œsakeโ€, โ€œizakayaโ€.

The ๐Ÿฎ Lantern Festival Emojis Collection page provides the following information:

  1. History of the ๐Ÿฎ Lantern Festival
  2. Traditions and symbols of the ๐Ÿฎ Lantern Festival

1. History of the ๐Ÿฎ Lantern Festival

The tradition of lighting red lanterns dates back to around 180 BC. The first belief tells about the ๐Ÿ‘‘ Emperor Wendi of the Western Han Dynasty, who ordered to hang red lanterns everywhere during his coronation. This became a tradition and already in 104 BC, the lantern festival became a public holiday.

According to the second legend, this holiday comes from the old Festival of Torches, the essence of which was the display of lighted torches by the peasants of the Han dynasty against ๐Ÿ— Animals and ๐Ÿฆ— Insects. Also, this ritual was needed to attract a ๐ŸŽ‘ Good harvest. Therefore, people in the villages of China still celebrate the lantern festival in the fields, surrounded by ๐Ÿ”ฅ Torches.

Interesting fact: The lantern festival is described in the most detailed and vivid way in the Chinese ๐Ÿ“• Novel โ€œJourney to the Westโ€.

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โ€” Lantern Festival
โ€” Festive atmosphere
โ€” Making lanterns

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2. Traditions and symbols of the ๐Ÿฎ Lantern Festival

Traditionally, the Lantern Festival is incredibly enchanting as it completes a period of the ๐ŸŽ„ New Year celebration. The main symbols of this holiday are ๐ŸŽ Lanterns of all shapes and sizes that are hung everywhere.

This is accompanied by crowded festivities, folklore music, performances by ๐Ÿ’ƒ Dancers, as well as carnival processions, and incredible ๐ŸŽ† Fireworks. So, at the festival, for example, you can see walking on stilts, ๐Ÿฆ Lion dance, Yangge dance, etc.

Traditionally, during the Lantern Festival, a solemn ๐Ÿ‘ช Family dinner is held, where yuanxiao is served, which is a ๐Ÿฒ Soup with sweet dumplings and tangyuan, which is boiled ๐ŸฅŸ Cakes in the form of ๐Ÿ˜ Balls or gingerbread made of rice flour with different fillings inside: dates, beans, ๐Ÿซ Chocolate, etc.

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โ€” Lantern Day Celebration
โ€” Festive dinner
โ€” Lanterns decoration
โ€” Lion dance

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