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the Gregorian calendar This day39。s important activity is watching lanterns. “Guessing lantern riddles“ is also an essential part of the Festival. In the daytime of the Festival, performances such as a dragon lantern dance, a lion dance, a land boat dance, a yang ge dance, walking on stilts and beating drums while dancing will be staged. Tang Yuan in Chinese has a similar pronunciation with tuan yuan”, meaning reunion. So people eat them to denote union, harmony and happiness for the family. Tang Yuan are rice balls made of glutinous rice flour served in soup, they have different stuffing, such as sugar ,sesame or sweetened bean paste.Tombsweeping DayThe Qing Ming (Pure Brightness) Festival is one of the 24 seasonal division points in China, falling on April 46 each year. After the festival, the temperature will rise up and rainfall increases. It is the high time for spring plowing and sowing. 167。 On each Qingming Festival, all cemeteries are crowded with people who came to sweep tombs and offer sacrifices. After slightly sweeping the tombs, people offer food, flowers and favor