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Lantern Festival is celebrated on last day (15th day) of Chinese New Year Festival. Streets, Buildings and Houses are decorated by hanging lanterns of different shapes and sizes.
Chinese New Year is one of the most important festivals in China and its neighboring countries. Normally it falls at the end of January or beginning of February.
Exact date is determined using the Chinese calendar which is based on lunar calendar. Celebrations last for 15 days, beginning on a New Moon Day and ends with a Lantern Festival on Full Moon Day.
Activities: Wearing New Clothes, Cleaning & Decoration House, Fireworks, Visiting and Greeting Relatives and Friends, Dragon and Lion dancing,
Some people also call it as Spring Festival.
In 2011, Chinese New Year is celebrations will begin from February 03 and this year is called as the Year of Rabbit.
In 2010, Chinese New Year is celebrations will begin from February 14 and this year is called as the Year of Tiger.
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