2. Background Information To this Festival
The 15th day of the 1st lunar month is the Chinese
Lantern Festival because the first lunar month is
called Yuan-month and in the ancient times people
called night Xiao. The 15th day is the first night to
see a full moon. So the day is also called Yuan Xiao
Festival in China.
Chinese tradition, at the very beginning of a new
year, when there is a bright full moon hanging in the
sky, there should be thousands of colourful lanterns
hung out for people to appreciate. At this time,
people would try to solve the puzzles on the
lanterns and eat rice ball and get all their families
united so that they can have an enjoyable time with
3. What is the artistic policy for this festival?
As this is a cultural festival, so there for traditionally
this is only for Chinese people who remember and
celebrate the events of this festival. The aim of this
festival is to bring people together to celebrate the
history of their culture. Also this festival allows
people to get to know more about their culture and
meet other people from the same background.
Programme Content?
There are so many different types of entertainment;
Traditional dancing, singing, play acting the history
of Lantern Festival, making Sky Lanterns, solving
puzzles and many more.
4. Who’s the target audience?
The target audience for this festival is anyone who
celebrates the Lantern Festival. This festival is a
national festival which means it is not always
celebrated globally with everyone from different
religion, it is only aimed at people who are more
appealed to this festival as it’s a cultural festival.
How is this festival founded?
This festival is founded by the people who are
taking part in this festival, it is also funded by other
organisations as listed below.
