The end of the Chinese New Year period of festivities is marked by the Lantern Festival 元宵節, a sort of Chinese Valentine's Day. Lovely glowing lanterns are hung everywhere from rafters and eaves. Riddles are carefully composed, gracefully written out with brush and ink, hung alongside the lanterns and then the game is on to guess the answers to the riddles.
Traditionally this night is for young men and women to stroll about attired in their best, admiring both the lanterns and potential lovers. And then if the heavens are aligned, love will blossom. Or will it?
