Today is Yanki's Lunar Birthday and also the 15th of Lunar January which is called Chinese Valetine Day as well ... the reason why appreciating lantern is not sure, but in the anicent time, boys and girls went out for lantern display during the chinese new year period and hoping to meet their another half resulting in chinese valetine day may be.

元宵節期間，民間多吃元宵（湯圓）來應節，象徵家人團圓。此外還有掛花燈、猜燈謎、迎紫姑、踩高蹺、舞獅、舞龍等民間娛樂活動。流傳至今，這一連串充滿熱鬧歡樂的慶典活動稱為"鬧元宵"。

如今，每到元宵佳節，各地總要舉行盛大的遊園燈會。大抵古代元宵燈節時人流如潮，節日活動豐富多姿，而古時男女缺乏交往的機會，所以元宵節很自然就成了古時情人相會之日，如歐陽修亦有詩云："去年元宵時，花市燈如晝。月上柳梢頭，人約黃昏後"。因此，元宵節亦稱為"中國情人節"。