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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 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.

  • May good luck follow you from this full moon to the next.

  • Blessings of light and reunion to you and yours.

  • May the sweetness of tangyuan fill your year.

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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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