Auckland Lantern Festival February 21, 2008
Auckland, Auckland Region
As one of Auckland's most popular summer events, the eighth Lantern Festival will feature hundreds of beautiful lanterns, including brand new designs from China, to bring Chinese New Year celebrations to a glowing finale. There will be performers from New Zealand and overseas as well as crafts, fortune-telling, fireworks and martial arts displays.
Thousands of Aucklanders enjoy the Lantern Festival for its family entertainment, delicious food and amazing atmosphere.
The 2008 Lantern Festival welcomes the Year of the Rat in the Chinese zodiac. Since the Han Dynasty (206BC-221AD), the Chinese have celebrated the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first month of the lunar calendar.
The festival is one of the events in a series of Chinese New Year celebrations
Added by YX_Lifestyle on February 5, 2008