The Fetival of Lantern take place at the end of the Chinee New Year Celebration, on the fifteenth day of the firt moon. Lantern have been part of Chinee life for centurie o it' not urpriing to ee a fetival of lantern.
People uually hang lantern in the garden, outide the houe, and on the boat. Thee lantern are ignpot to guide guet and pirit of ancetor to the Lunar celebration. After a umptuou fifteen-day feat, thee lantern light the way for the pirit back to the world beyond.
Silk, paper and platic lantern vary in hape and ize and are uually multi-colored. Some are in the hape of butterflie, bird, flower, and boat. Other are haped like dragon, fruit and animal ymbol of that year. The mot popular type of lantern i the hore-racing one, in which figure or animal rotate around the vertical axi of the lantern.
The pecial food for the Lantern Fetival i Yuen Sin or Tong Yuen. Thee are round dumpling made with ticky rice flour. They can be filled and erved a a weet nack or made plain and cooked in a oup with vegetable, meat and dried hrimp. The round hape of the dumpling i a ymbol of wholene, completene and unity.
The Lantern Fetival i an occaion for familie to get together and for everyone--young, old, rich and poor to have fun.