#瓜瓜龙启蒙 #学中文 元宵节是什么？Is the Lantern Festival the Chinese version of “Halloween“？#learnchineseforkids

Is the Lantern Festival the Chinese version of “Halloween“?🤔 👉 It’s the first full moon day of the new year. So far, the earth is beginning to renew itself, and this is the first night of earth rejuvenation. The ancient Chinese celebrated this, and it was also to celebrate the continuation of the new year and the beginning of the return of the earth to life. So because the ancients called “the night“ as “xiāo“, and the first month of the lunar calendar is called “yuán“, so the fifteenth day of the first month is called “Yuan Xiao Festival“, which is one of China’s important traditional festivals, also known as the Shangyuan Festival, Little First Month, Evening Yuan Festival or Festival of Lights. In traditional Chinese folk customs, people will enjoy lanterns, eat sticky rice dumplings (tāng yuán), guess lantern riddles, and set off fireworks on this day. There are also traditional folk performances such as d