When is the Lantern Festival on 20 16?

20 16 The Lantern Festival falls on the 15th day of the first lunar month and on February 22nd of the solar calendar.

Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, a traditional festival in China, also known as Shangyuan Festival, Shangyuan Festival, Xiaoyuan Festival, Yuanxi Festival or Lantern Festival, is the first important festival after the Spring Festival, and it is also one of the traditional festivals in China, as well as the cultural circle of Chinese characters and overseas Chinese. The first month is the first month of the lunar calendar. The ancients called the night "night", so the fifteenth day of the first full moon in a year was called the Lantern Festival. In the ancient customs of China, Shangyuan Festival (Lantern Festival), Zhongyuan Festival (Orchid Festival) and Xiayuan Festival (Water Joint) are collectively called Sanyuan Festival. Lantern Festival began in the Qin Dynasty more than 2,000 years ago. Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty ordered the fifteenth day of the first month to be designated as the Lantern Festival. During the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the sacrificial activities of "Taiyi God" were scheduled for the 15th day of the first month (Taiyi: the God in charge of everything in the universe). When Sima Qian created the taichu calendar Law, he had already identified the Lantern Festival as a major festival.