Lantern Festival Date 2024. The earliest records of paper lanterns date back. Lantern festival, holiday celebrated in china and other asian countries that honors deceased ancestors on the 15th day of the first month (yuan) of the lunar calendar.

The lunar new year holiday comes to its climax with the yuan xiao (元宵节 / yuán xiāo jié), or lantern festival, celebrated on february 15, 2022. 24 and signals the end of the 2024 lunar new year festivities,.