In Chinese, Yuan （元）means the beginning and Xiao （宵）means the night. Yuan Xiao refers to the first full moon night of the Chinese New Year.

As one of the traditional Chinese festivals, since ancient times, the Lantern Festival features a lively and festive lantern viewing. In addition, there are also activities such as guessing lantern riddles and dragon and lion dances. "By day, the market is bustling. At night, the lanterns are lit, making it a spectacular event." The description illustrates the festive scene of the Lantern Festival in ancient times.

During the Lantern Festival this year, the Bilibili Lantern Festival Fair will be filmed in the Gubei Water Town, presenting the prosperity of the ancient Lantern Festival on a fully realistic stage. When the town meets Biliblil's whimsy, together with thousands of decorative lanterns, it will be a great feast taking everyone to a thousand-year appointment.

The lights of New Year's Eve have not yet gone out, and the first full moon of the Chinese New Year has already risen. As the first full moon of the Year of the Tiger, the bright moon is like a disk, which holds countless expectations of people. For those customs and rituals that have been forgotten by the current of the times, you can find them in the town at the foot of the Great Wall this Lantern Festival!

01. Lantern Festival - Relive the happiness of childhood

The custom of playing lanterns began in the Western Han Dynasty and flourished in the Sui and Tang Dynasties. On this day, colored lanterns are hung in every household. This year, the lanterns have been hung high in the town as early as the day of Little New Year, attracting visitors who stay in Beijing for the Chinese New Year to experience the long-lost taste of the year.

During the Lantern Festival, while retaining the atmosphere of lanterns for the Chinese New Year, the town also adds some lantern groups in particular. The visitor service center square with big red lanterns hanging high, the Tangshi Street full of lanterns, and the Sun and Moon Island where the lantern fair and the bazaar reflect each other all make the fantastic town at night even more charming under the illumination of thousands of lanterns.

02. Enjoy the folklore - experience the festival by various activities

For most people,their childhood memories of the Lantern Festival were the fireworks, the tree fireworks, the dragon and lion dances and other lively folk activities. Nowadays, we have not experienced such a festive atmosphere for a long time.

However, the traditional rituals are still kept at the foot of the Great Wall. Dragon and lion dances, parades and other activities come to everyone through the dust of time, bringing a long-lost festive atmosphere under the glow of the hazy moon and brilliant lights.

03. Guessing lantern riddles - a unique Lantern Festival activity

As an essential part of the Lantern Festival, the riddles show the ingenuity of the ancient people and their desire for a better life. The content of lantern riddles often contains the crystallization of ancient wisdom. The riddles are "ranging from astronomy to geography, and contain all kinds of themes from history to rhetoric," and are humorous, far-reaching and intriguing.

This year, the town has also added a special lantern riddle-guessing activity to celebrate the Lantern Festival. From February 11 to 15, lantern sets and riddles will be set up at the Sun and Moon Island Square for everyone to have fun.

04. Making tangyuan - Experience the fun of DIY with your own hands

Whenever the Lantern Festival comes, we always eat a kind of food similar to the full moon on this day. Tangyuan is a wish of our ancestors for this full moon day. This year, the hotels in the town have opened DIY Lantern experience. You can have the fun of making tangyuan by yourself.

Tangyuan is small and round, as if a family is holding tightly together. There is nothing happier and warmer than getting together with your family and eating a bowl of hot tangyuan this festival.

05. Watch the Lantern Festival Gala of Bilibili and meet together at the Lantern Festival Fair

The night view of the town has always been highly praised by everyone. When night falls, the lanterns rise. Looking down from above, it is like traveling through time and space to the world in a dream. It is the unique characteristic of the dazzling lanterns that attracts Bilibili to film its Lantern Festival Gala here.

There are quaint lantern stores, a bustling bazaar in Tangshi Street, Aoshan lanterns at the foot of the Great Wall... When people's life meets with the ultimate romantic town, it seems like the scenery in the ancient book is presented in the real world again, adding a unique charm to the town's Lantern Festival.