What's the difference between Mid-Autumn Festival and Lantern Festival?

On the differences between Mid-Autumn Festival and Lantern Festival;

1, Mid-Autumn Festival has many customs, besides enjoying the moon, eating moon cakes and playing with lanterns, there are many more, such as: offering sacrifices to the moon, watching the tide, dressing up as a male prostitute, walking on the moon, stealing onions and vegetables, eating ducks, eating snails and taro, and drinking osmanthus wine. Although the forms are completely different, they all express people's good wishes for life.

2. Arrange the Lantern Festival supper, make large modern lanterns illuminated by electric lights, and all kinds of new lanterns made of plastic for children to play with, but lack the simple beauty of the old lanterns.

Meaning analysis:

Lights symbolize hope. Lantern viewing is very popular in traditional festivals in China, which shows that the Chinese nation is optimistic about life and full of expectations for the future. Bright colored lights not only enrich the festive atmosphere, but also become a unique landscape of the city.

In Nanning, Guangxi, in addition to all kinds of lanterns tied with paper and bamboo for children to play with, there are also simple lanterns, pumpkin lanterns and orange lanterns. The so-called "sky lantern", that is, Kongming lantern, is a kind of paper lamp. Light a candle under a lamp. The hot air can make the lamp fly into the air and make people smile.