The Lantern Festival
The Lantern Festival (元宵节 yuán xiāo jié) is the festival that closes the cycle of Chinese New Year holidays. For this reason it is also called “Little New Year” (小年 xiǎo nián). Chinese lanterns (孔明灯 kǒng míng dēng) are used in China as a sign of good luck. People also used to write on traditional…