ʻO ka Lantern Festival, ʻo ia ka pō mahina piha mua i ka Makahiki Hou, ua kapa ʻia ʻo ia ma muli o ka moʻomeheu lōʻihi o ka mahalo ʻana i nā kukui a hōʻailona i ka hopena o ka makahiki hou o Kina (Spring Festival).E paʻa nā kānaka i ka hoʻolauleʻa ʻana a me ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā manaʻo maikaʻi i kekahi i kekahi.

He ʻokoʻa ko nā ʻāina like ʻole ma Kina i ka Lantern Festival.ʻO ka ʻai ʻana i ka Yuanxiao (nā pōpō laiki paʻa) ka hana maʻamau o ka leʻaleʻa i ka Lantern Festival.E hana kekahi poʻe i nā pōlele laiki paʻa me ko lākou ʻohana, a kūʻai kekahi poʻe mai nā hale kūʻai a i ʻole nā ​​​​makeke.I ka lā, hoʻonani ʻia nā alanui me nā kukui ʻulaʻula, ʻo kekahi me nā nane i kākau ʻia ma luna.Leʻaleʻa ka poʻe i nā kukui, manaʻo i nā nane kukui, nānā i ka hula liona, a hoʻouna i nā kukui i nā keiki, ʻo ia kekahi mau loina koʻikoʻi o ka Lantern Festival.Ma waho aʻe o kēlā mau hana, loaʻa iā mākou nā mea leʻaleʻa ʻē aʻe e hana ai i ka lewa hauʻoli a hauʻoli i ka ʻahaʻaina?ʻAe, hiki iā mākou ke pāʻanihau haume nā kala like ʻole.E noʻonoʻo ʻoe e ʻike ana ʻoe i ka lani piha i ka hau keʻokeʻo a i ʻole ka hau o nā kala ʻē aʻe.Pono ʻoe e hoʻomaha a māʻona.Ehu hauHe kūpono ia no nā ʻoliʻoli like ʻole, e like me Spring Festival, Christmas Day, Halloween…ʻO Taiwan hau hau, ʻūhā hau joker, Doraemon hau hau, pū puhi hau hau, espuma de carnaval… ʻo ia nā ʻehu hau wela loa, kahi e hoʻolauleʻa ai nā kānaka mai nā ʻāina like ʻole i nā ʻahaʻaina like ʻole.Hiki iā lākou ke pulupulu mau a ʻaʻohe hana ʻino i ka ʻili, ʻaʻohe lepo i nā lole.Pāpī hauhiki ke hoʻohana ʻia i ka hoʻolālā ʻana i kekahi mau hiʻohiʻona ma kāu mau mea aniani.Hiki iā mākou ke pīpī i nā ʻano hau, nā kumulāʻau Kalikimaka, nā ʻano hale, nā kiʻi kiʻi kiʻi etc. E kaha i nā mea āu e makemake ai!Hiki iā ia ke hana i honua ʻokoʻa a kūikawā ma nā ʻili aniani.Inā makemake ʻoe e hana i kahi pāʻina ma ka home a kono i kekahi mau hoaaloha e hoʻolauleʻa i kēia lā hoʻomaha, waihoʻoluʻukaula lapuwalehe koho maikaʻi no ka leʻaleʻa.ʻOiai ʻaʻole lākou e nānā nei, hiki iā ʻoe ke pīpī i kalipine pupuleia lakou.Malia paha e lele lākou e like me ka rabbit puʻuhū a uē.He mea hoihoi loa ia e uwo ai na mea a pau me ka akaaka.Makemake ʻoe i kahi leʻaleʻa hoʻomaha hauʻoli ma ka home?E hoʻohana i kā mākouʻO Mei Li Fang e hoʻopili i ka pulupulu hoʻopilie kau i ke kiʻi ʻālohilohi o nā mea hoʻonani ʻahaʻaina ma ka paia, ka puka, a i ʻole nā ​​ʻili aniani.Ma hope o ka hoʻomaha, maʻalahi ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe.Pono wale i ka wai a me kahi lole pulu e holoi ai i ka ʻili!ʻO ka hope akā ʻaʻole ka mea liʻiliʻi, manaʻolana e loaʻa iā mākou ka pōmaikaʻi i ka makahiki hou!