Lyktfestival

Today we visited Östasiatiska Museet the Museum of Asian art in Stockholm. At the Workshop ”the Dragon” we painted lanterns to celebrate the new year. February 10 is when the new year started. ”The year of the Snake”. Fifteen days after the Chinese new year the Festival of the Lanterns or Yuan Xiao Jie is celebrated. In the ancient China people thought heavenly souls was flying in the sky during the years first full moon. A fire or lantern should show them the way home. In the childrens play room you will find a big dragon to climb on, a map of the Far East and a memory game. But I think most of the fun that day was to throw snow balls on mom and dad!