Chinese New Year Lantern Festival 2024 Event. C ommunities in china and around the world are spending the weekend celebrating the lantern festival, which fell on saturday, feb. Each year during chinese new year, families view colorful lanterns to symbolize respect and prosperity.
China officially marks the lantern festival as the 15th day of the. The 15th day of the chinese new year is the lantern festival (元宵节 yuán xiāo jié).