Lantern Festival Celebrations

The Lantern Festival, also known in China as Yuanxiao Festival, is a traditional Chinese festival falling on the 15th day of the first month of the Chinese lunar calendar. It marks the end of the Spring Festival celebrations and is also the first major festival after Chinese New Year.

A kindergarten in Daoxian organized various folk custom activities, such as making lanterns and tangyuan. Through such events, kids could better understand traditional Chinese culture while celebrating the festival. (Photo/Jiang Keqing)

Colorful Activities Held Across Hunan

Arts and Crafts Fair: Intangible Cultural Heritage Market

Meixi International Lantern Show

Tang Dynasty-styled Lantern Fair at Window on the World

Lantern Festival at Qianzhou Ancient Town

Lantern Riddle Guessing

Spring Festival Folk Performances

Plum Blossom Admiring

Orange Isle

Best viewing time: February to March Ticket price: free of charge (In-advance reservation is needed.) Address: former site of Tang Shengzhi Mansion, Yuelu District, Changsha

Hunan Botanical Garden

Flowering time: late January to early March  Ticket price: free of charge (In-advance reservation is needed.) Address: No. 111, Zhiwuyuan (Botanical Garden) Road, Yuhua District, Changsha