今天是元宵节

Someone was a little confused over 元宵节..ZXL-the-Chinese-festival-expert to the rescue..

In its simplest definition, 元宵节 is the 15th day of CNY, which also marks the end of CNY and also the first sighting of a new moon(technically the time for crying wolf..Ah-Woo?!)Yes, it's another day for reunion..and in some regions(not so much in sg), a day for lantern(that's why we 猜灯谜) and a day to eat 汤圆(though i would think in sg, 汤圆 is more associated with 冬至)

And..元宵节 is also a version of Valentine's Day, seriously..if u dun believe me, check out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuan_xiao_jie

So..Happy V Day to you!

But hang on..isn't there another chinese V day..? If your answer is yes, you're right too..there's the 悄节 or

七夕节..which is also the niu lang zhi nu day ---and guess what? It's also considered V day! ( http://en.wikipedia.org/qi_qiao_jie)

My my..aren't Chinese a romantic lot..