Beijing's Palace Museum recently announced it would open parts of its outer walls at no cost to a limited number of visitors at night on Tuesday and Wednesday. Lantern Festival, the 15th day of the first month on the Chinese calendar, fell on Tuesday.
Lantern Festival is a Chinese traditional festival which falls on the 15 day of the first lunar month. They will eat rice dumplings and try to solve riddles on paper lanterns.
Learn how to make the traditional Chinese snack Yuanxiao, or glutinous rice ball to celebrate the Lantern Festival, which falls on Feb 19 this year.
With the 2019 Spring Festival around the corner, China Daily sat down with ambassadors and diplomats to talk about their understanding of Spring Festival and their New Year greetings to the Chinese people.
The happy atmosphere of the upcoming Spring Festival will spread worldwide, thanks to a major cultural program called Happy Chinese New Year.
Peruvian Vice-President Mercedes Araoz Fernandez sent her Lunar New Year greetings to the Chinese people in a video message as Spring Festival, or Chinese New Year, draws near.
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