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Happy Lantern Festival wishes in English and Chinese for the first full moon of the lunar year: tangyuan, lantern riddles and family reunion.

100 wishes · 2 languages · 3 photo designs · Updated October 2026

Lantern Festival wishes for family (11)

  • Happy Lantern Festival, family. The tangyuan are ready and the moon is full.

  • Grandma, your black sesame tangyuan are the sweetest. Happy Lantern Festival.

  • May our family always be round and complete, like the moon tonight.

  • Happy Lantern Festival from [Your name] and family.

  • The last night of New Year, and the best one with all of you.

  • Mom, Dad, let us walk under the lanterns together after dinner.

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Lantern Festival wishes for friends (11)

  • Happy Lantern Festival, friend. Let us guess some riddles.

  • Wishing you a sweet night of tangyuan and lanterns.

  • Happy Lantern Festival. Meet you at the lantern fair.

  • May your year shine as bright as a thousand lanterns.

  • Happy Lantern Festival. Thank you for a year of friendship.

  • Full moon, full heart, full bowl of tangyuan.

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Lantern Festival wishes for your loved one (10)

  • Happy Lantern Festival, my love. You light up my year.

  • Walking under the lanterns with you is my favourite way to end the New Year.

  • Like two tangyuan in one bowl, let us always be together.

  • Happy Lantern Festival, darling. The moon is full, and so is my heart.

  • You are the brightest lantern in the whole festival.

  • Happy Chap Goh Mei, sweetheart. I would throw a thousand oranges for you.

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Lantern Festival wishes for colleagues and boss (10)

  • Happy Lantern Festival. Wishing you a bright year ahead.

  • Wishing you and your family a sweet Lantern Festival.

  • Happy Lantern Festival to the team. Let us make this year shine.

  • May your work be full of light and good ideas.

  • Happy Lantern Festival. Tangyuan in the pantry for everyone.

  • Thank you for your hard work. Enjoy the lanterns tonight.

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Lantern Festival wishes for customers and clients (9)

  • Happy Lantern Festival from all of us. Thank you for your trust.

  • Wishing our customers a bright and sweet Lantern Festival.

  • Thank you for your support. May your year shine.

  • Happy Lantern Festival. May your business be as bright as the lanterns.

  • Wishing our clients and partners reunion and prosperity.

  • Happy Lantern Festival. Thank you for a wonderful New Year season.

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Short Lantern Festival wishes for status (10)

  • Happy Lantern Festival.

  • Bright lanterns, sweet tangyuan.

  • First full moon.

  • Reunion and light.

  • Happy Chap Goh Mei.

  • Shine all year.

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Lantern Festival blessings and prayers (9)

  • May the first full moon bring peace and reunion to your family.

  • May your year be round and complete, like the moon.

  • May the light of the lanterns guide you to good fortune.

  • Wishing you health, harmony and sweet days.

  • May every family be together under tonight's moon.

  • May your home be bright and your heart be warm all year.

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Lantern Festival wishes for kids (10)

  • Happy Lantern Festival, little one. Here is your rabbit lantern.

  • Can you guess the riddle on this lantern?

  • Happy Lantern Festival, sweetie. Tangyuan time.

  • Look at the big round moon tonight.

  • Let us make a paper lantern together.

  • Happy Lantern Festival. Watch the lion dance.

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Lantern Festival wishes in Chinese (20)

  • 元宵节快乐，祝全家团团圆圆。

  • 奶奶做的汤圆最好吃了。

  • 月圆人团圆，元宵节快乐。

  • [Your name]全家祝您元宵节快乐。

  • 元宵节快乐，一起去猜灯谜吧。

  • 祝你新的一年甜甜蜜蜜。

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  • Lantern Festival wishes image: Bright lanterns, sweet tangyuan.
  • Lantern Festival wishes image: Far from home, but I am eating tangyuan and thinking of you.
  • Lantern Festival wishes image: 元宵节快乐，亲爱的。和你一起看花灯最幸福。
  • Lantern Festival wishes image: Happy Lantern Festival. Thank you for a year of friendship.
  • Lantern Festival wishes image: May the first full moon bring peace and reunion to your family.
  • Lantern Festival wishes image: Under the first full moon, I wish for a lifetime with you.
  • Lantern Festival wishes image: Thank you for your hard work. Enjoy the lanterns tonight.
  • Lantern Festival wishes image: 愿我们像汤圆一样，甜甜蜜蜜，团团圆圆。
  • Lantern Festival wishes image: Your lantern is the brightest one in the park.
  • Lantern Festival wishes image: Wishing our customers a bright and sweet Lantern Festival.

About Lantern Festival

The Lantern Festival falls on the fifteenth day of the first month of the Chinese lunar calendar, the first full moon of the new year. It marks the end of the Lunar New Year celebrations.

Streets, parks and temples glow with lanterns of every shape, from rabbits and dragons to lotus flowers. People walk under the lights, guess riddles written on the lanterns and watch lion dances and fireworks.

Families eat tangyuan or yuanxiao, sweet glutinous rice balls in soup, whose round shape stands for reunion. In Malaysia and Singapore the night is called Chap Goh Mei, and young people once threw mandarin oranges into the water while making a wish for love.

How people celebrate Lantern Festival

  • Lantern displays
  • Guessing lantern riddles
  • Eating tangyuan
  • Lion and dragon dances
  • Fireworks
  • Chap Goh Mei orange throwing

How to wish well

  • Say "Yuanxiao jie kuaile" (元宵节快乐), Happy Lantern Festival.
  • Wishes about reunion, round tangyuan and the full moon fit the night well.
  • It is the last day of the New Year season, so a wish for the whole year ahead is welcome.

Questions about Lantern Festival

When is the Lantern Festival?

On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, fifteen days after Lunar New Year, usually in February or early March.

What do people eat at the Lantern Festival?

Tangyuan or yuanxiao, sweet rice balls often filled with black sesame, red bean or peanut paste.

What do you say at the Lantern Festival?

"Yuanxiao jie kuaile" (元宵节快乐), Happy Lantern Festival.

What are lantern riddles?

Riddles written on paper tied to lanterns. People guess the answers for fun and small prizes.

What is Chap Goh Mei?

The Hokkien name for the fifteenth night of the New Year, used in Malaysia and Singapore.

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