On the last day of the Lunar New Year celebration, which is the fifteenth day of the first month of the year in the lunar calendar, the Chinese celebrate the Lantern Festival. During the festival, people eat yuanxiao 元宵, a glutinous rice ball filled with sweet red bean paste, sesame paste, or peanuts, which is the symbol of family reunion. Chinese families venture out at night to admire glowing lanterns and solve riddles written on them. The exhibition presented thirty handmade paper lanterns used to celebrate the first full moon on the Lantern Festival night.
1989 Chinese New Year Exhibition: Lanterns
1989中国新年展:灯笼
January 28 – February 25, 1989
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