The Lantern Festival, one of the traditional Chinese festivals, is also known as the Spring Festival, the Little New Year's Day, the New Year's Eve or the Lantern Festival. It is on the 15th day of the first lunar month.

The first lunar month is the first month of the lunar calendar. The ancients called "night" as "xiao". The fifteenth of the first lunar month is the first full moon night of the year, so the fifteenth of the first lunar month is called the "Lantern Festival". According to the Taoist "Sanyuan", the 15th day of the first lunar month is also called "Shangyuan Festival". The custom of Lantern Festival has been dominated by the custom of warm and festive lantern viewing since ancient times.

The formation of the Lantern Festival takes a long time, rooted in the ancient customs of people turning on lanterns to pray for blessings. According to general information and folklore legends, the fifteenth day of the first lunar month has been valued in the Western Han Dynasty, but the fifteenth day of the first lunar month and the Lantern Festival are really national folk festivals after the Han and Wei dynasties. The rise of the custom of burning lanterns on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month is also related to the spread of Buddhism to the east. During the Tang Dynasty, Buddhism flourished. Officials and people generally "burned lanterns for Buddha" on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. Buddhism lights spread throughout the people. Statutory matter.

The Lantern Festival is one of China's traditional festivals. The Lantern Festival mainly includes a series of traditional folk activities such as viewing lanterns, eating glutinous rice balls, guessing lantern riddles, and setting off fireworks. In addition, many local Lantern Festival also added traditional folk performances such as dragon lanterns, lion dances, walking on stilts, paddle boats, twisting yangko, and playing Taiping drums. In June 2008, the Lantern Festival was selected as the second batch of national intangible cultural heritage.

The news on February 25, 2021, it's time for the Lantern Festival to admire the moon again. Astronomical science experts reminded that one hour after sunset and around midnight are good times to enjoy the moon. Astronomical forecasts show that this year’s Lantern Festival’s Lantern Festival will be the "15 moon with 16 rounds", and the fullest time (look) will appear at 16:17 on the 27th.