The first month is the first month of the lunar calendar. The ancients called "night" as "Xiao". The fifteenth day of the first month is the night of the first full moon of the year, so it is called "Lantern Festival".
正月是農歷的元月，古人稱“夜”為“宵”，正月十五是壹年中第壹個月圓之夜，所以稱正月十五為“元宵節”。
The formation of the Lantern Festival has a long process, which is rooted in the ancient custom of turning on lights and praying.
元宵節的形成有壹個較長的過程，根源於民間開燈祈福古俗。
According to general information and folklore, the fifteenth day of the first month has been paid attention to in the Western Han Dynasty, but the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first month was really regarded as a national folk festival after the Han and Wei dynasties.
據壹般的資料與民俗傳說，正月十五在西漢已經受到重視，不過正月十五元宵節真正作為全國民俗節日是在漢魏之後。
The rise of the custom of lighting lanterns on the 15th day of the first month is also related to the eastward spread of Buddhism. Buddhism flourished in the Tang Dynasty. Officials and people generally "light lanterns for Buddha" on the 15th day of the first month, and Buddhist lights spread all over the people. Since the Tang Dynasty, opening lanterns on the Lantern Festival has become a legal matter.
正月十五燃燈習俗的興起也與佛教東傳有關，唐朝時佛教大興，仕官百姓普遍在正月十五這壹天“燃燈供佛”，佛家燈火於是遍布民間，從唐代起，元宵張燈即成為法定之事。
The lantern festival mainly includes a series of traditional folk activities, such as appreciating lanterns, eating dumplings, guessing lantern riddles, setting off fireworks and so on.
元宵節主要有賞花燈、吃湯圓、猜燈謎、放煙花等壹系列傳統民俗活動。