Chinese Opera Show
Chinese Opera Show is one important part of Lantern Festival Overseas, is originated from primitive songs and dances. Through a long-time development and absorbtion of many factors like folk dance, performance, Kungfu and other art. It forms an artistic expression form of using multiway to express life and build personages. Chinese opera show embodies the unique opera ascetic ideas and artistic features...
Related Activities of Chinese Lantern Festival Overseas
The traditional Chinese folk art is different in style and number. The related cultural activities is composed of various performances and folk activities, successfully present the deep traditional Chinese culture to the world, erecting a bridge between enriching the world culture and promoting exchanges of mankind civilization.
Related Activities of Lantern Festival
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Legend Of Lantern Festival – 4
This Legend Of Lantern Festival is about Yuan Shikai and the Lantern Festival.
It is said that after the 1911 Revolution, Yuan Shikai wants to become the emperor once again. However, he fears that people opposed him, he was disturbed every day.
One day, he heard the person selling Yuan Xiao on the street, the people shouting: “Yuan – Xiao(In Chinese word Xiao means extinction).”Yuan...
Legend Of Lantern Festival – 3
There are various popular and interesting legends of Lantern Festival,this post we talk about ‘Dong Fang Shuo and the Yuan Xiao girl’.The legend is about the custom of eating Yuan Xiao. Emperor Wu of Han has a favorite minister called Dong Fang Shuo.He has good sense of humor and kind-hearted.When he first entered the door, he found a court lady ready to jump into the well,who burst into tears....
Legend Of Lantern Festival – 2
Another legend of the Lantern Festival was set up by the Han Emperor for commemorate the Ping Lu.
After Han’s emperor Liu Bang’s death, Liu Ying who was the Empress Lu’s son, became the Han Hui emperor. Han Hui emperor‘s disposition was weak, indecisive.his right gradually fell in the hands of Empress Lu. Empress Lu attached importance to her family – Lu, reduce the status...
Legend of Lantern Festival – 1
About the Lantern Festival Legends, this post is about the history lighting colourful lantern. Long long ago, there were a lot of ferocious beasts, they hurted human and livestocks everywhere, therefore, people combined togeter to fight against them. Unfortunately, a uninformed hunter killed a bird from paradise who lost its way in mortal world by mistake.
The Emperor of Heaven got furious when he...
History of Lantern Festival
After you know about What is the Lantern Festival? The Lantern Festival history is a very long time. According to the folk legend, the 15th day in the new year(lunar calendar) has been arosen increasing attention in the Western Han Dynasty. In the night, Emperor Wu of Han worship “Tai Yi” campaign at the Oasis Temple.(Tai Yi): The God who dominated all the world. Emperor Wu of Han is the...
What is the Lantern Festival? – Lantern Festival Origin
This article should tell you the Lantern Festival Origin, What is the Lantern Festival?
Lantern Festival is the first month 15th of Lunar calendar. Furthermore, known as the Shang Yuan Festival, Yuan Night, the Lantern Festival. Around a lot to say about the origin of the Chinese Lantern Festival, there are three theories as to spread wider.
Lantern Festival Origin
The Lantern Festival is the Han...
When is the Lantern Festival?
Maybe many people ask that: When is the Lantern Festival?
The answer is:the Lantern Festival is in the first month 15th of Lunar calendar (A lunar calendar is a calendar that is based on cycles of the moon phase).
eg.2010′s Lantern Festival is in 2010/02/28.
2011′s Lantern Festival is in 2011/02/17.
2012′s Lantern Festival is in 2012/02/06.
2013′s Lantern Festival is in...
Overview Of Lantern Festival
Now let us talk about the Overview Of Lantern Festival.
The first month of the lunar year is called as “night”by the eld and the 15th day is the first plenilune night of a year,so we call lunar calendar Jan. 15th as Festival of lanterns which is also named as XiaoZhengYue, Yuan Xi, and the first important feast after spring festival.
Hanging lantern in Lantern Festival
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