Hāʻule ka Lantern Festival ma ka lā 15th o ka 1st lunar month, maʻamau i Pepeluali a Malaki paha i ka kalena Gregorian. I ka wā kahiko o ka Dynasty Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 25), ua lilo ia i ʻahaʻaina me ke koʻikoʻi nui. ʻO ka hana nui o kēia lā ke kiaʻi ʻana i nā ipukukui. Ma loko o ka wā aliʻi ʻo Han (206 BC-AD 220), ua ulu ka Buddhism ma Kina. Ua lohe kekahi mōʻī e kiaʻi nā mōneka Buddhist i ka sarira, a i ʻole ke koena mai ka puhi ʻia ʻana o ke kino o Buddha, a me nā ipukukui kukui e hoʻomana iā Buddha ma ka lā 15 o ka mahina lunā 1st, no laila ua kauoha ʻo ia e hoʻomālamalama i nā ipukukui i loko o ka hale aliʻi a me nā luakini e hōʻike ai i ka mahalo iā Buddha i kēia lā. Ma hope, ua hoʻomohala ʻia ka ʻohana Buddhist i kahi ʻahaʻaina nui i waena o nā makaʻāinana a hoʻonui ʻia kona mana mai ka Central Plains a hiki i Kina holoʻokoʻa.

A hiki i kēia lā, mālama mau ʻia ka ʻahaʻaina ipukukui i kēlā me kēia makahiki a puni ka ʻāina. ʻO nā ipukukui o nā kinona a me nā nui i kau ʻia ma nā alanui, e ʻumeʻume ana i nā malihini kipa. E mālama nā kamaliʻi iā lākou iho a i kūʻai mai paha i nā ipukukui e holoholo me nā alanui, pīhoihoi loa. ʻO "Guessing lantern riddles" kahi ʻāpana nui o ka Festival. Kākau nā mea ipukukui i nane ma kahi ʻāpana o ka pepa a kau iā lākou ma nā ipukukui. Inā loaʻa nā kipa i nā haʻina i nā nane, hiki iā lākou ke huki i ka pepa i waho a hele i nā mea ipukukui e nānā i kā lākou pane. Inā pololei lākou, e loaʻa iā lākou kahi makana iki. Ua puka ka hana i ka wā e hauʻoli ai ka poʻe i nā ipukukui i ka Song Dynasty (960-1279). ʻOiai he mea hoihoi a piha hoʻi i ka naʻau ka manaʻo nane, ua lilo ia i mea kaulana i waena o nā pae kaiāulu āpau.

ʻAi ka poʻe i ka yuanxiao, a i ʻole nā ​​dumplings laiki, i kēia lā, no laila ua kapa ʻia ia ʻo "Yuanxiao Festival." He inoa hou kā Yuanxiao, tangyuan. He pōpō dumpling liʻiliʻi ia i hana ʻia i ka palaoa laiki me nā pua rose, sesame, paʻi pīni, jujube paste, ʻiʻo wōnati, nā hua maloʻo, kō a me ka ʻaila ʻai e like me ka hoʻopiha ʻana. Hiki ke hoʻolapalapa ʻia ʻo Tangyuan, kālua ʻia a ʻūlū ʻia. ʻIno ʻono a ʻono hoʻi ia. He aha hou aʻe, ʻo ka tangyuan i ka ʻōlelo Kina me kahi puana like me "tuanyuan", ʻo ia hoʻi ka hui hou ʻana. No laila e ʻai ka poʻe iā lākou e hōʻike i ka hui ʻana, ke kuʻikahi a me ka hauʻoli no ka ʻohana.

I ke ao o ka Pāʻina, nā hana e like me ka hula lantern deragona, kahi huluhulu liona, kahi hulahula waʻa pae ʻāina, kahi hulahula yangge, e hele wāwae ana ma nā ʻaʻa a me nā pahu kuʻi i ka wā e hulahula ʻia ana. I ka pō, koe wale no nā ipukukui nani, hana ʻia nā mea ahi i kahi hanana nani. Hoʻokoe ka hapanui o nā ʻohana i kekahi mau hale ahi mai ka Spring Festival a hoʻokuʻu iā lākou i ka Lantern Festival. ʻO kekahi mau aupuni kūloko e hoʻonohonoho i kahi pāʻina ahi. I ka pō ke komo ka mahina piha i loko o ka Makahiki Hou, ona loa ka poʻe i ka hoʻā ʻia e nā ahi e kau ana a me ka mahina mālamalama i ka lani.