Tanglung Party

Tanglung is a traditional Chinese festival which falls on day 15 in the first lunar calendar, 14 days after the Chinese New Year (around late January and early February). This celebration is to mark the end of Chinese New Year greeting. The celebration also recognized as Yuanxao Tanglung Jie.
lanterns or Teng Leng Teng Lung Lo, at first used only during night patrolling to locate fugitive crime, usually lanterns plus mandarin and red writing.
Usually used in the pagoda on the 15th of the month 7 and Lunar, to date of 15 months 7 (CIO Ko) is usually used in white lanterns for lighting the spirits, while for the Lunar wear red. One of the stories about the origin of lanterns: In the Ming Dynasty, there is a benevolent robber by the name Lie Seng Cu in Kaifeng city, he usually rob the rich to be distributed to the poor, and Lie Cu Zinc also has a gang of his men. At one point he was planning to attack the city of kings, before undertaking her first survey, and he got that perception / public opinion about the group's negative or cruel, Lie Cu to Seng became confused and changed the name of the poor, he pretended to be the people and give announcements that do not believe the news, he ordered all the poor people to hang lanterns in front of his house then the pirates will provide results , and at night he robbed the rich and distribute it in the houses contained lanterns. Since then the lanterns became famous, as his gratitude to the people installing Lie Seng Cu lanterns, and at the end of the new year the community also put up lanterns as a sign of blessing beg, Ping An in the end the new year.
The most popular food for the festival Tanglung is Yuanxiao. Half a place to call this food with a name or Tong Yuen Siu Yuen. Yuanxiao is trusted name with the name of the king's concubine Wu in Han Dynasty.