The Chinese Lantern Festival, also known as Yuan Xiao Jie, occurs on the 15th day of the first lunar month of the Chinese calendar. According to legend, the Jade Emperor planned to destroy a town with fire for killing his favorite goose, but a fairy told the townspeople to light lanterns around the town to make it appear it was already burning. When the Jade Emperor saw the "fire", he believed the town had already suffered and called off the firestorm. Now people celebrate by carrying colorful lanterns outside and releasing sky lanterns with wishes written on them. Traditional foods eaten include tangyuan, sticky rice balls in sweet soups.

1. Happy Lantern Festival From James Steed

2. Lantern Festival The Chinese Lantern Festival ( Yuan Xiao Jie ) is on 15th day of the 1 st Lunar month the first lunar month is called “ yuan ”-month years ago the word for ‘night’ was “ xiao .”

3. Yuan Xiao Jie First full moon of the year, so yuan (round) xiao (night) jie (festival)

4. The first lantern festival The Jade Emperor in Heaven was angry at a town for killing his favorite goose.

5. He planned to destroy the town with fire storm.

6. For protection, a fairy told the town to put lanterns all over the town to make it look like it is burning.

7. The town puts up lanterns to fool the Jade Emperor. He saw the “fire” and believed the people suffered enough, so he stopped the firestorm early .

8. Now, people celebrate survival by carrying lanterns outside that night.

9. Today

10. Cities today compete for the best lantern festivals

11. Lanterns are now fancier.

12. Buddhas

13. Fruit and Flowers

14. Phoneix

15. Dragon

16. Power Animals

17. Sea Animals

18. Buildings

19. Lanterns and Fireworks

20. Fireworks

21. Sky Lanterns. Write your wish and your name on them and send them to heaven.

22. Two hundred wishes!

23. People will try to solve the puzzles on the lanterns.

24. People eat Yuan Xiao: “ Tang Yuan ” moon-shaped sticky rice balls.

25. International Students in the USA celebrate away from home.

26. Making Tang Yuan with sesame.

27. Tang yuan

28. Tang Yuan with sweetened bean soup.

29. Would you like to?

30. Have a Happy Lantern Festival From Jim