During the Lantern Festival, there are naturally several traditional customs that cannot be missed.
On the 15th day of the first lunar month, people light up thousands of colorful lanterns to express celebration.
They also eat yuanxiao (glutinous rice dumplings), admire lanterns, guess lantern riddles, walk away illness, welcome the Goddess of the Hearth, watch lion dances, perform dragon lantern dances, walk on stilts, and chase mice to complete the festivities.
Of course, some of these customs do not start on the 15th but earlier, such as lighting lanterns and walking on stilts, which generally start from the 11th day of the lunar month and end on the 18th.
Accompanying the stilt-walking custom is the lion dance!
The countryside becomes lively a little slower, usually starting these celebrations on the 15th day of the Lunar New Year, while in the city, these customs start even earlier.
