The ancient Chinese used to call their lantern riddles “word tigers,” or 文虎, as guessing a lantern riddle could be as difficult a trying to capture a tiger, whose whereabouts were usually uncertain ...

With the upcoming Lantern Festival, which falls on Wednesday in 2025, cities across China are pulling out all the stops to ...

One of them has been around for centuries: writing riddles on the sides of lanterns for revellers to try to solve. But why exactly do we do it? To find out, Young Post spoke to Andrew Pak Wan-kai ...

A festive event celebrating the upcoming Lantern Festival was held at the China Cultural Center in the German capital of Berlin on Saturday, offering more than 400 guests an immersive experience of ...

Join us LIVE at 7:30 pm, Feb 11 (GMT+8) for the online show "2024 Adventures on Lantern Festival" presented by Henan ...

CGTN America & CCTV UN releases "CMG Unveils Promotional Video for 2025 Lantern Festival Gala" China Media Group is set to host the 2025 Lantern Festival Gala, celebrating the traditional Chinese ...

元宵或者汤圆，是中国南北方元宵节必吃的食物。它的翻译也有很多种，可以采用音译“yuanxiao”或“tangyuan”，也可以是上面提到的牛津英语词典的译法，或者直接翻译成“sweet dumplings”。

The 15th day of the first lunar month marks the Lantern Festival. Customs such as eating tangyuan, admiring lanterns, guessing lantern riddles, and watching lion dances carry people's wishes for a ...

The night came alive with the glow of 3,000 lanterns in a stunning array of shapes and sizes, each one hanging or placed ...

东汉明帝时期，明帝提倡佛教，听说佛教有正月十五日僧人观舍利，点灯敬佛的做法，就命令这一天夜晚在皇宫和寺庙里点灯敬佛，令士族和庶民都挂灯。以后这种佛教礼仪节日逐渐演变为民间盛大的节日。元宵节经历了由宫廷到民间，由中原到全国的发展过程。

The Lantern Festival is celebrated on the 15th day of the first lunar month, during the full moon. The lunisolar calendar shifts slightly each year, so in the western Gregorian calendar this usually ...