s day is also called Po Wu, on which people will eat dumplings and set off firecrackers.
Jan. 7th (Feb. 11, 2019)
In Chinese mythology mankind was created on this day, so this day is the birthday of humanity. On this day, people will use seven kinds of vegetables and rice to make porridge in celebrating their birthday.
|Shehuo Parade || |
|Xian City Wall Lantern Show |
Jan 15th (Feb. 19, 2019)
The fifteenth day, also referred to Lantern Festival
, is the end of the Spring Festival activities and all things are back to normal after that day. It is also the first full moon day after the grand event. On this day, people will go to enjoy different shapes of lanterns and guess lantern riddles.
In some areas in northern part of the country, Shehuo is another activity which can be seen and it attracts many people to participate and enjoy. This is a costume parade which includes different kinds of performance such as lion dance, yangko (a popular rural folk dance), land boat shows and so on. The parade is warmly welcomed by the local people.
Rice dumplings, sweet glutinous rice balls, are eaten on this day. The rice dumpling, traced back to the Song Dynasty (960-1279), has a meaning of reunion in Chinese custom and belief.
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