Lantern Festival falls on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. This is the first full moon of the new year, symbolizing unity and perfection. Lantern Festival is an important part of Spring Festival, and marks the official end of the long holiday.

There are many legends concerning the origins of Lantern Festival. According to one legend, once in ancient times, a celestial swan came into the mortal world where it was shot down by a hunter. The Jade Emperor, the highest god in Heaven, vowed to avenge the swan. He started making plans to send a troop of celestial soldiers and generals to Earth on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. The Jade Emperor, the highest god in Heaven, vowed to avenge the swan. He started making plans to send a troop of celestial soldiers and generals to Earth on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, with orders to incinerate all

humans and animals.

But the other celestial beings disagreed

But the other celestial beings disagreed with this course of action, and risked their lives to warn the people of Earth. As a result, before and after the fifteenth day of the first month, every As a result, before and after the fifteenth day of the first month, every family hung red lanterns outside their doors and set off firecrackers and fireworks, giving the impression that their homes were already burning. successfully tricking the Jade Emperor in this way, humanity was saved from extermination.

The Lantern Festival is the fifteenth day of the first month of the Lunar Calendar, which is the first full moon of the New Year, symbolizing harmony and reunion. The Lantern Festival is an important part of the Spring Festival and symbolizes the official end of the long Spring Festival holiday.

There are many legends about the origin of the Lantern Festival. One legend goes like this, in ancient times, a divine swan broke into the earth and was accidentally killed by a hunter. The Jade Emperor, the highest god in the heavenly realm, thus swore to avenge this swan.

He began to formulate a plan to send a troop of heavenly soldiers and generals to earth on the fifteenth day of the first month of the lunar calendar, ordering them to set fire to all people and animals. But the other gods and goddesses did not agree with this plan, and they risked their lives to warn the people on earth. As a result, around the 15th day of the first lunar month, every family hung lanterns outside their doors and set off fireworks to give the heavenly soldiers and generals the false impression that all the families were on fire. In this way, people successfully fooled the Jade Emperor, and the human race escaped the danger of extinction.