Lantern Festival

English 2023 February 5 Etymology vertical ChiangKaiShek-MemorialHall-LanternFestival.jpg Lanterns displayed during the Lantern Festival (en Chinese) in Taipei, Taiwan, near the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall. Yi peng sky lantern festival San Sai Thailand.jpg Sky lanterns being released during the Lantern Festival (en Thai) in Chiang Mai, Thailand. From the carrying and displaying of lanterns during such festivals. Pronunciation en /ˌlæntən ˈfɛstɪvl̩/ RP en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Lantern Festival.wav Southern England en /ˌlæn(t)ɚn ˈfɛstəv(ə)l/ GA en lan tern fes tiv al Noun the Lantern Festival en Chinese A festival marking the end of the Chinese New Year period, celebrated on the fifteenth day of the first month in the Chinese calendar when the first full moon of the year is seen (in February or early March). en Thai th ยี่เป็ง Yi Peng, a festival celebrated chiefly in northern Thailand on the day of the full moon in the second month of the northern Thai lunar calendar (equivalent to the twelfth month of the lunar calendar used in the rest of Thailand, generally in November). Synonyms en Feast of Lanterns en Festival of Lanterns Translations festival marking the end of the Chinese New Year period Catalan: ca Festival dels Fanalets m Chinese: Cantonese: yue 元宵節 jyun4 siu1 zit3 Hakka: hak 元宵節 Ngièn-siâu-chiet Hokkien: nan-hbl 元宵 Goân-siau Mandarin: cmn 元宵節 Yuánxiāojié Czech: cs svátek lampiónů m Dutch: nl Lantaarnfeest n Esperanto: eo Lanterna Festo Finnish: fi Lyhtyjuhla French: fr fête des lanternes f German: (de Chinesisches) de Laternenfest n, de Yuanxiao-Fest n Indonesian: id Festival Lampion, id Cap Go Meh Japanese: ja 元宵節 げんしょうせつ, Gen shōsetsu Korean: ko 원소절(元宵節) Macedonian: mk Пра́зник на фене́рите m Malay: ms Pesta Tanglung Norwegian: Bokmål: nb Lanternefesten Polish: pl Święto Latarni n Russian: ru пра́здник фонаре́й m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh свѐтковина лампиона f Latin: sh svètkovina lampiona f Spanish: es Fiesta de los Faroles f Thai: th เทศกาลโคมไฟ Turkish: tr Fener Festivali Ukrainian: uk свя́то ліхта́рів n Uzbek: uz fonuslar bayrami Vietnamese: vi Tết Nguyên Tiêu festival celebrated chiefly in northern Thailand on the day of the full moon in the second month of the northern Thai lunar calendar Macedonian: mk Thai: th ยี่เป็ง Yi Peng Further reading Loy Krathong en Festivals en Light sources Lantern Festival