Lantern Festival in 2024 is February 24, 2024 in the solar calendar. The day is Saturday. Lantern Festival, the last important festival in China's Spring Festival customs, falls on the 15th day of the first lunar month every year. According to the ancient calendar, the first month is the first month of the lunar calendar. "Shuo Wen Jie Zi" records: "Yuan is the beginning; Night, for the night. " This is the first full moon night of the New Year, so it is called the Lantern Festival. This festival has the custom of watching lanterns in past dynasties, so it is also called Lantern Festival. Before the Song Dynasty, the Lantern Festival was often called "Yuanye", "Yuanxi" and "Shangyuan", while the word "Yuanxiao" was often seen in the literature after the Song Dynasty.