ʻO ka Spring Lantern Festival, i kapa ʻia ʻo Shang Yuan Festival, ʻo ia kekahi o nā ʻahaʻaina kuʻuna ma Kina.Aia ma Ianuali 15^th e like me ka kalena lunar Pake.Ma ka Lantern Festival, aia ka pō mahina piha mua i ka makahiki mahina o Kina, e hōʻailona ana i ka hoʻi ʻana mai o ka pūnāwai.ʻO ia ka manawa e hui hou ai ka hapa nui o ka poʻe Kina me ka ʻohana a hauʻoli pū i ka mahina piha nani.–-J460 HOOLAHA

E like me ka hana maʻamau o Kina, lawe nā kānaka ma ia pō i nā kukui maikaʻi a hele i waho e mahalo i ka mahina piha a me nā pahu ahi, manaʻo i nā nane kukui, a ʻai i nā dumpling momona e hoʻolauleʻa ai i ka ʻahaʻaina.He mau lā ma mua o ka Lantern Festival, hoʻomaka ka poʻe e hana i nā kukui a lākou e makemake ai.ʻOkoʻa ke ʻano a me ka nui o ka siliki, ka pepa a me ka ipukukui, a he nui nā kala.ʻO kekahi ma ke ʻano o ka lele, nā manu, nā pua, a me nā waʻa.Ua like ke ʻano o kekahi e like me ka deragona, nā hua a me nā hōʻailona holoholona o ia makahiki.I ka hana ʻana i nā kukui, kākau maʻamau ka poʻe i nā nane ma luna o lākou i hiki i nā poʻe ʻē aʻe ke koho i nā nane i ka lā o ka Lantern Festival.Ma ke ahiahi o ka Lantern Festival, ua kau ʻia nā kukui a pau.ʻO ka meaʻai kūikawā no ka Lantern Festival he dumplings ʻono, i kapa ʻia hoʻi ʻo Yuen Sin a i ʻole Tong Yuen e ka poʻe Kina a me nā pōpō sopa momona e ka hapa nui o ka poʻe Pelekane.He mau dumpling poepoe keia i hanaia me ka palaoa laiki.Hiki iā lākou ke hoʻopiha a lawelawe ʻia ma ke ʻano he meaʻai ʻono a i ʻole i hana ʻia a hoʻomoʻa ʻia i loko o ka sopa me nā mea kanu, ka ʻiʻo a me ka ʻoʻo maloʻo.ʻO ke ʻano poepoe o ka dumpling he hōʻailona o ka holoʻokoʻa, integrality a me ka lokahi.Eia kekahi, aia kekahi mau wahi i ka hana poʻe e like me ka pāʻani ʻana i nā kukui deragona, ka hula liona a me ka hele wāwae.

ʻO ka Lantern Festival, he ʻahaʻaina Kina kuʻuna koʻikoʻi i noho ʻia ma mua o 2000 mau makahiki, kaulana mau ia ma Kina, ʻoiai ma waho.Kokoke ka poʻe Kina a pau ma ia lā e komo i nā hana he nui ma kahi o lākou.

Makemake ʻo Aili i ka hauʻoli Lantern Festival a e hoʻokō ʻia kāu mau makemake a pau.