The Spring Lantern Festival : A Carnival of Lights!
Hong Kong prepares itself for a 'supermoon' festival with giant cloth lanterns and fiery dragons that light-up the streets and hearts of the city
By: Aishwarya Vishwanathan
On the first full moon day of the Lunar calendar, the moon reigns over Hong Kong, glowing its full splendor. During this day under the light of the February moon, the city of Hong Kong transforms itself into an enchanted kingdom with mesmerising carnival of lanterns. The Spring Lantern Festival, also called the Yuan Xiao Festival, is celebrated to represent hope for the year ahead.
The festival, which dates back more than 2,000 years, is marked around China and several parts of the world with celebrations and spectacular displays of light and craftsmanship.
It is said that Buddhist monks would light lanterns i...