The Lantern Festival, which falls on the 15th day of the first lunar month, draws the curtain of the New Year celebration. Traditionally, every household celebrates this day and make it a “flamboyant Yuanxiao,” by setting off firecrackers and fireworks of seven colors and hanging out on the streets at night with lanterns and torches in their hands. Amid fanfare, people pray for a prosperous and peaceful year, while making a new, auspicious start through eating sweet rice-ball soup.