The Lantern Festival aims to promote reconciliation, peace, and forgiveness. The holiday marks the first full moon of the new lunar year and the end of the Chinese New Year (see Lunar New Year). During the festival, houses are festooned with colorful lanterns, often with riddles written on them; if the riddle is answered correctly, the solver earns a small gift. Festival celebrations also include lion and dragon dances, parades, and fireworks. Small glutinous rice balls filled with fruits and nuts, called yuan Xiao or tangyuan, are eaten during the festival. The round shape of the balls symbolizes wholeness and unity within the family.
they celebrate it because they both were colonized by china a long time ago
but got out of being colonized so they had some Chinese culture and carried it over to theres
