元宵節 (“Yuan Xiao Jie”) : 15th Day of 1st Lunar Month

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Today is 元月十五, i.e. 15th Day of the 1st Lunar Month.
Night is call 宵 (“xiao”) in Chinese.  So 元宵 refers to the night of 15th Day of the 1st Lunar Month.
What’s so special about 元宵 that it became a highly celebrated 元宵節 ?
Well for one, it is the [...]