The great Chinese traditional commemoration Lantern Festival, celebrated on the fifteenth day of the first month in the lunisolar. This Marks the end of the Lunar New Year in China. A lunisolar calendar is a calendar in many cultures, combining lunar calendars and solar calendars.Lights shine brightly, families get together on the 5th, the first full moon night of the Lunar New Year. The Information Office and the Foreign Affairs Office of the People’s Government of Yunnan Province jointly launched the special program “Joyful Reunion at the Lantern Festival”, and built a cultural bridge to send the Lantern Festival blessings to our compatriots and friends at home and abroad.
This special program is the finale of the 2023 “Return of Spring and Auspicious Landscape” Chinese, Indian, Cambodian and Mongolian Spring Festival Gala and Cultural Exchange Series. By the innovative method of “de-staging”, the program cleverly connects the representative songs and dances of four countries (including the famous Man Dole Bollywood song) showcasing the beautiful picture of “Spring Festival, Lantern Festival and Return of Spring”. The special program was launched on ChinaNews.com on the same day, and will be broadcast in other neighbouring countries.
