What is Lantern Festival-Annieli tours

Annieli tours’s Beijing Tour Guide Answer:
In China the fifteenth day of the first lunar month every year is called Lantern Festival.Lantern Festival is a China's traditional festival. People usually eat rice glue balls(元宵） on this day. Rice glue balls(元宵）are symbolizing family reunion. Why are the rice glue balls symbolizing family reunion? Because the appearance of rice glue balls is a symbol of wholeness, completeness and comity, it is very acceptable among Chinese people. According to Chinese tradition, the Lantern Festival is the last day of the Chinese New Year celebration. And other traditions are setting off firecrackers , solving the puzzles on the lanterns during the Lantern Festival.

                                     Wrote by Annieli tours’s Beijing Tour Guide