元宵节快乐！Happy Lantern Festival!

Featured in this post is art from traditional Chinese painter, 戴敦绑 Dai Dunbang, from his "Dream of the Red Chamber" series

🌕✨元宵节快乐！Happy Lantern Festival! 元宵节 yuánxiāojié or the Lantern Festival celebrates the first 15 days of the new year as well as the first full moon of the new year. It also marks an end to new year's festivities. During this holiday, it is customary for Chinese in China as well as in the diaspora to eat tangyuan, appreciate lanterns, and guess lantern riddles! At the garden we will be celebrating the Lantern Festival this Saturday 3/7 from 11am-4pm with performances and a variety of all-ages activities, please join us🌝!