The most unique custom of Henan people is that on the night of the Lantern Festival, every household must tie lanterns with bamboo and red paper in front of the ancestral graves and light the candles in the middle to burn out. The general customs of the Lantern Festival are watching lanterns, solve riddles on the lanterns, eating glutinous rice balls and dancing lions.

Hanging lanterns is an essential form for Shanxi people to celebrate the Lantern Festival. When the Lantern Festival arrives, all kinds of lights are hung in every household, from 14 to 16, and all kinds of lights are turned on every night. Setting off fireworks is the most gratifying activity of Shanxi Lantern Festival. Fireworks will be set off in the square on the night of the Lantern Festival, and the whole family will go to the street to see the beautiful fireworks.

During the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month every year, in addition to big lanterns, there is also the custom of "putting sky lanterns". This custom has a long history. According to historical records, it was completed in the Tang Dynasty. "steamed buns with lights" are popular in Tongchuan, Shaanxi. Every year, on the 15th day of the first lunar month, during the Lantern Festival, every family will put incense tables, light candles and set off firecrackers at home. Lights are lit everywhere in the room, and there are all kinds of flower buns next to the lights, called "lanterns with lanterns".

It is said in Hangzhou that the 15th day of the first month is the day when God blessed the people of Shangyuan. They went to Wu Shan to worship. The most famous Lantern Festival in Haining is the exquisite chrysanthemum lantern. Shangyu County will compete in martial arts on the platform before the Lantern Festival. In Jiande County, if someone has a new wife, a wine sacrifice bed will be set on the Lantern Festival.