Happy Lantern Festival

I-Lantern Festival, omunye wemikhosi yendabuko e-China, owaziwa nangokuthi uMkhosi we-Shangyuan, iNyanga yokuqala, i-Yuanxi noma i-Lantern Festival, yenzeka ngosuku lweshumi nanhlanu lwenyanga yokuqala yenyanga njalo ngonyaka.
Inyanga yokuqala yinyanga yokuqala yekhalenda lenyanga.Abantu basendulo babebiza “ubusuku” ngokuthi “xiao”.Usuku lweshumi nanhlanu lwenyanga yokuqala ubusuku benyanga egcwele onyakeni.
I-Lantern Festival ingenye yemikhosi yendabuko e-China.I-Lantern Festival ikakhulukazi ihlanganisa uchungechunge lwemisebenzi yabantu bendabuko efana nokubuka izibani, ukudla amabhola elayisi asuthisekile, ukuqagela izimfumbe ze-lantern, nokucisha iziqhumane.Ngaphezu kwalokho, imikhosi eminingi ye-Lantern yasendaweni iphinde yengeze imidlalo yesintu efana nezibani zikadrako, imidanso yamabhubesi, ukuhamba ngezinyawo, ukugwedla isikebhe esomile, ukusonta kwe-Yangko, nezigubhu ze-Taiping.NgoJuni 2008, uMkhosi weLantern wakhethwa engxenyeni yesibili yamagugu kazwelonke angaphatheki.