Lunar New Year Lantern Festival

It s saturday february 8 in 2020.

Lunar new year lantern festival. Tung chung north park new territories west lunar new year lantern carnival youth night 6 2 thu 7 30pm 9 30pm carnival night 7 2 fri 7 30pm 10pm lantern display 4 9 2 tue to sun 6pm 11pm. Celebrated on the 15th day of the first chinese lunar month the lantern festival traditionally marks the end of the chinese new year spring festival period. The chinese lantern festival or spring lantern festival in hong kong is celebrated on the 15th day of the lunar new year.

The festival which mandarin speakers usually call yuanxiao jie was brought to taiwan more than 400 years by early migrants from mainland china. The lantern festival aims to promote reconciliation peace and forgiveness. Festival celebrations also include lion and dragon dances parades and fireworks.

This year will be on february 8 2020. According to the lunar calendar the festival takes place on january 15. Hong kong cultural centre piazza.

Dates of past and future lantern festivals using the gregorian calendar include. It s on the 15th day of the first lunar month in the chinese lunar calendar. During the festival houses are festooned with colourful lanterns often with riddles written on them.

Just as the feast of the epiphany marks the end of the twelve days of christmas lantern festival is the traditional climax of the lunar new year season. Chinese lantern festival 2020 is on february 8 2020 saturday. People watch lanterns fireworks and various performances guess lantern riddles and eat yuanxiao glutinous rice balls with fillings to celebrate the day.

Festivities include a magnificent lantern exhibition and the annual lantern carnival with many cultural events and performances including ethnic dances acrobatics folk craft demonstrations and more. As early as the western han dynasty 206 bce ce 25 it had become a festival with great. People will go out to look at the moon send up flying lanterns fly bright drones have a meal and enjoy time together with family and friends in parks and natural areas.