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The Lantern Festival falls on the 15th of the first lunar month, (1) (mark) the end of the Spring Festival celebrations. Apart from round-shaped yuanxiao, another (2) (tradition) part of the celebration is the lanterns, which come in every possible size and shape. Riddles (3) (write) on them so that people can try to solve (4) (they) while looking at the lanterns.
The Lantern Festival was very popular in the Tang and Song dynasties. It meant a day of great fun back then. (5) the evening, people went into the streets with a (6) (vary) of lanterns, watching lion or dragon dances, eating yuanxiao and setting (7) firecrackers.
(8) is not difficult to find classic Chinese poems (9) describe these happy scenes.
In ancient China, the festival also provided an opportunity for unmarried young girls were not allowed (10) (go) out freely to search for their true loves. Ouyang Xiu of Song Dynasty recorded this romantic tradition with the well-known line: “Atop the willow tree hangs the moon; my date comes in the evening soon.”