Lantern Festival (the fifteenth day of the first lunar month): Enjoy festive lanterns, guess lantern riddles and eat Yuanxiao

Lantern Festival, also called Shang Yuan Festival, is the first important grand festival in the whole year. The customs of Lantern Festival vary across China, of which eating Yuanxiao, enjoying festive lanterns, dragon and lion dance are the most important. When it comes to the next day, people in some places will also dine on dumplings and visit their parents.