The Lantern Festival falls on the 15th day of the st lunar month, usually in February or early March in the solar calendar.【小题1】 (date) back to the Western Han Dynasty (202 BC-8 AD), it【小题2】(become) a grand festival with great significance. Till today, the festival is still held each year around the country.

In the daytime of the festival, 【小题3】(performance) such as dragon dances, lion dances, land boat dances and beating drums while dancing 【小题4】 (stage). At night, lanterns of different colors and shapes are it up in the streets, attracting crowds of people. Children will hold self-made or bought lanterns to walk on the streets, 【小题5】(extreme) excited. People also like solving lantern riddles that day. Lantern owners write riddles on a piece of paper and post them on the lanterns. If visitors have solutions【小题6】 the riddles, they can pull the paper out and go to the owners to check their answers. If they’re right, they will get【小题7】 small gift as a reward. Besides, the festival is a day【小题8】 (appreciate) the full moon and eat yuanxiao.

Some aspects of the festival are fading nowadays, 【小题9】 people still see the Lantern Festival as a chance to spend with family and wish for【小题10】(happy).