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f lunar January is the Chinese Lantern Festival. This usually falls in February in the solar calendar. On this day every family cooks sticky rice dumplings. They are called “yu225。nxiāo” in northern China and “tāngyu225。n” in southern China. The food is said to resemble a moon, since the 15th day of the month is the first night of the year to see the full moon. When there is a bright full moon hanging in the sky, thousands of colorful lanterns are hung out for people to enjoy. This activity is called “dēngm237?!? People enjoy spending the time guessing the meaning of riddles (some are displayed on the red lanterns) on the last day of Spring Festival. In some places, people also enjoy fireworks. [vocabulary] Lantern FestivalYu225。nxiāo ji233。 元宵節(jié) Sticky rice nu?mǐ糯米 Sticky rice dumplings tāngyu225。n 湯圓 Sticky rice dumplings yu225。nxiāo 元宵 Lantern display dēnghu236。 燈會(huì) Lantern (portable light) dēnglong 燈籠 Riddles written on lanterns dēngm237。 燈謎 Guess riddles cāi dēngm237。 猜燈謎 5