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Festive China: Lantern Festival

  
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Festive China: Lantern Festival

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The Lantern Festival falls on the 15th day of the first month on traditional Chinese calendar, which is Feb 12 this year. Its arrival also marks the end of Spring Festival celebrations.

Watch this episode of Festive China to learn about what you should do and eat on the day.

Festive China is a series of short clips focusing on traditional Chinese festivals and festivities, the cultural connotations of traditional holidays, their development and changes, and how they manifest in today's China.


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Buzz of the Orient
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1  seeder  Buzz of the Orient    2 months ago

This video should have been posted yesterday, which was Lantern Festival day.  I ate the delicious tangyuan stuffed glutinous rice balls for lunch yesterday, but I didn't get to bite into a lucky coin.  Here are a couple of photos I took many years ago in downtown Chongqing next to the Jialing River, the first one of people lighting the candle inside a lantern in order to heat the air inside and send it soaring up into the sky.

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And away one goes...

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Krishna
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2  Krishna    2 months ago

Thanks for posting this-- interesting stuff!

(And BTW, I've read that in some cities in the U.S. that have large numbers of Chinese-Americans some of these traditions take place (but of course its on a much smaller level).

 
 
 
Buzz of the Orient
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2.1  seeder  Buzz of the Orient  replied to  Krishna @2    2 months ago

Yes, I've seen reports of many of them.

 
 
 
Krishna
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3  Krishna    2 months ago

Here's an interesting page:

Water Lantern Festival wins second straight Readers' Choice award

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Winning festival takes place in cities across the continent

Best Cultural Festival (2020)
March 13, 2020

(This page also has links to other awarded cultural events around the country)

 
 
 
Buzz of the Orient
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3.1  seeder  Buzz of the Orient  replied to  Krishna @3    2 months ago

Take particular note of number 5 - San Francisco Chinese New Year Festival.   Quebec rated as well. 

 
 
 
Krishna
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3.1.1  Krishna  replied to  Buzz of the Orient @3.1    2 months ago
Take particular note of number 5 - San Francisco Chinese New Year Festival.   Quebec rated as well. 

I remember reading that the largest Chinatown in the U.S, was San Francisco, followed by NYC. But that may have changed as that rating was years ago.

 
 
 
Krishna
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3.1.2  Krishna  replied to  Krishna @3.1.1    2 months ago
I remember reading that the largest Chinatown in the U.S, was San Francisco, followed by NYC. But that may have changed as that rating was years ago.

The original NYC Chinatown (Lower Manhattan) has apparently gotten much smaller.  And IIRC Flushing (Queens) Chinatown is much, much bigger than any other in NY.

(Apparently there's also a third one in that city--- I believe its far out on the subway, somewhere in Brooklyn).

 
 

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