- Celebration of the Lantern Festival
Explores the legends of the Lantern Festival, its modern celebrations, as well as Yuan Xaio and Tang Yuan dishes for the occasion.
www.c-c-c.org/chineseculture/festival/lantern/lantern.html
- Wikipedia: Lantern Festival
About the festival of lanterns celebrated on the 15th day of the Chinese New Year. Lantern Festival is also known as the Little New Year.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lantern_Festival
- Chinese Festivals, The
About different chinese festivals like Chinese New Year, Ching Ming, and Tin Hau, as well as some interesting information about Chinese culture.
www.edunetconnect.com/categories/originals/chinafest/chinesef.html
- Chinese Lantern Festival
Annotated pictorial of the Lantern Festival as celebrated in North America.
www.index-china.com/index-english/Lantern.html
- About.com: Chinese Lantern Festival
Article about the Chinese Lantern Festival, its lovely lanterns as well as recipe for the sweet dumplings, Yuanxiao.
chineseculture.about.com/library/weekly/aa020998.htm
- Chinavoc.com: Lantern Festival
About the Chinese Festival when people try to solve puzzles on the lanterns and eat Yuanxiao dumplings.
www.chinavoc.com/festivals/lantern.htm
- Taipei Lantern Festival
Describes, with pictures, the romantic radiance of Chinese culture during the annual Taipei Lantern Festival.
www.sinica.edu.tw/tit/festivals/0296_Lantern.html
- ChinaDaily.com: Lantern Festival
Traces the origins and traditions of the Lantern Festival, also known as Yuanxiao Festival.
www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2004-08/09/content_363534.htm
- AsianIdeas.com: Lantern Festivals
Describes various lantern festivals celebrated by Asians across the world.
www.asianideas.com/lanterns.html
- Olvera Street: Lighting the Way
Background information about the Lantern Festival, celebrated on the night of the first full moon of the Chinese Lunar New Year.
www.olvera-street.com/html/lantern_festival.html
- World&I: The Light of Yuan Hsiao
The story of Yuan Hsiao, the legendary servant girl, and the origins of the Chinese Lantern Festival. From the issue of the journal, World and I, dated Feb, 1993.
www.worldandi.com/public/1993/february/cl6.cfm
- About.com: Love and Lanterns - The Chinese Lantern Festival
About the last day of the 15-day Chinese New Year season, also known as the Day for Lovers.
chinesefood.about.com/od/chinesenewyear/a/lanternfestival.htm
- HP Museum: Lantern Festival
Photo collection of lanterns and pageants during the Lantern Festival in Shanghai.
www.hpmuseum.org/china/trip4/lantern.htm
- Chinese Historical Society of Southern California: Lantern Festival
Article about the celebrations of Lantern Festival, the last day of New Year season, when lantern riddles are solved and when a single woman could go out chaperoned and be seen by eligible bachelors.
www.chssc.org/Festival/Lantern/Lantern%20Festival.htm
- Chinese American Museum: Lantern Festival 2005
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A teacher's copy which provides an overview of the history, practices, values, and traditions of the Lantern Festival. In PDF format.
www.eskimo.com/~camla/education/lantfest2005/forms/background_teachers.pdf
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