Festive China: Lantern Festival

The #LanternFestival falls on the 15th day of the first month on Chinese lunar calendar. Its arrival also marks the end of #SpringFestival celebrations.
Watch this episode of Festive China to learn about what you should do and eat on the day.
Festive China is a series of short clips focusing on traditional Chinese festivals and festivities, the cultural connotations of traditional holidays, their development and changes, and how they manifest in today's China.

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The Lantern Festival may originate as far back as the Han dynasty (206 bce to 220 ce), when Buddhist monks would light lanterns on the 15th day of the lunar year in honour of the Buddha. The rite was later adopted by the general population and spread throughout China and other parts of Asia. Chinse paper lanterns originated during the Eastern Han Dynasty (25-220), when they were used as lamp shades or covers in ancient China. At first, paper lanterns were used to worship Buddha in temples. 2:02 [Britannica; China Highlights]

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Great video - but there is an error - you state the the festival is being held in Auckland NZ but at 2m 12s you show the Christchurch NZ festival which is located approximately 760m / 1220km away

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Wonderful--thank you!

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Lantern Festival 2023 Today’s Doodle celebrates the Lantern Festival, also known as the Yuan Xiao or the Shang Yuan Festival. It’s observed in China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, and more. Each year on the 15th of the first lunar month, which signals the end of the lunar new year celebrations, people throughout Asia light ornate lanterns and hang them in the night sky for good fortune. 5 de fevereiro de 2023 [Google Doodle] 1:01

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“wholeness” is what you meant to say at 3m 12s

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Cynthia Thomas, my mother this is for you is the Chinese lantern I’m your daughter Christina Bancroft also happy birthday

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Yuanxiao (Filled round balls made of glutinous rice-flour for Lantern Festival) is a traditional Chinese festival. These festivals are all based on the Chinese agricultural calendar. The Chinese lunar calendar is a combination of the solar calendar and the lunar calendar (lunar calendar). It is also incorrect to call the Chinese New Year the Lunar New Year due to political correctness. The Chinese New Year is not a lunar new year, but an agricultural calendar new year. Due to confusion in translation during East West exchanges, the Chinese agricultural calendar does not have a proper term. Yuanxiao (Filled round balls made of glutinous rice-flour for Lantern Festival), also called Shangyuan Festival, is on January 15 of the lunar calendar; In addition, there is Zhongyuan Festival, July 15 of the lunar calendar; Xia Yuan Festival falls on October 15th in the lunar calendar. This is the Three Yuan Festival, which originates from the worship of three temples in Chinese Taoism. On the Shangyuan Festival, we worship the Temple of the Heavenly Gods, set off sky lanterns, and pray for blessings to the heavens; Sacrifice to the Difu Temple on Zhongyuan Festival (the ancestors' souls enter the earth and are under the control of the earth gods, who will reincarnate or be enslaved to atone for sins according to the merits or sins of their deeds), burn a lot of ancestral money, and hope that the ancestors can live a comfortable life in the underground world; The Xiayuan Festival worships the Water God Temple, lights up water lamps, and prays for the Water God who governs/overcomes the great flood. Furthermore, regarding South Korea's application for and approval of Chinese festivals as World Heritage sites, it is actually exploiting loopholes for theft. South Korea is applying for a Chinese festival with Korean characteristics. But ignorant and self deceiving Koreans believe that those festivals are all or even unique to Korea. For example, the Dragon Boat Festival in China, where South Korea applied for World Heritage, has a cultural feature of worshipping rivers. But sacrificing to the rivers is just one cultural characteristic of the Dragon Boat Festival. Chinese historical celebrity Qu Yuan threw himself into the river to die for his country on that day. People were worried that fish and shrimp ate his body, so they made Zongzi and threw other food into the river to feed fish. Before Qu Yuan, there was the Dragon Boat Festival, which was a day when people prayed for blessings and disaster relief like the Water God (Loong), so there were dragon boat races. Fortunately, Qu Yuan later chose to throw himself into the river on this day. When the Shangyuan Festival (Yuanxiao (Filled round balls made of glutinous rice-flour for Lantern Festival) Festival) was introduced to South Korea, it only intercepted the colorful lights of lively praying, and forgot or ignored the original intention of Shangyuan Festival to pray for the Chinese Taoist Temple. Later, Buddhism was introduced to China, forming Mahayana Buddhism. On Buddha's birthday, people also lit lanterns to celebrate. Mahayana Buddhism has spread to the Korean Peninsula, and the same believers also celebrate Buddha's birthday. In modern times, in order to create the image of a cultural power, Buddha's birthday was designated as the Lantern Festival,

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I have friends grew up from in area near there but never heard of that specific qinhuai… Each areas had there own anyway. Someone makes up history as needed. 😂

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Archaeology in China is a very rigorous matter, as there are a large number of historical books and artifacts in China that need to restore the truth of history and be used to study ancient history. If someone fabricates history, it will be criticized by many people.The number of ancient books in China is unimaginable, which is also why China takes history so seriously People can learn a lot of ancient philosophy and understand everything about ancient times from ancient books

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Those are cartoon

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The traditional food eaten on Lantern Festival is a glutinous rice ball typically filled with sweet red bean paste, sesame paste, or peanut butter. It is called "Yuanxiao" and "Tangyuan" in northern and southern China respectively. 3:13 [CITS net]