<P> Incense, tea, fruit, vegetarian food or roast pig, and gold paper is served as a customary protocol for paying respect to an honored person . </P> <P> The Jade Emperor's party is celebrated on this day . </P> <P> The fifteenth day of the new year is celebrated as "Yuanxiao Festival" (simplified Chinese: 元宵 节; traditional Chinese: 元宵 節; pinyin: Yuán xiāo jié), also known as "Shangyuan Festival" (simplified Chinese: 上 元 节; traditional Chinese: 上 元 節; pinyin: Shàng yuán jié) or the Lantern Festival (otherwise known as Chap Goh Mei Chinese: 十 五 暝; pinyin: Shíwǔmíng; literally: "the fifteen night" in Fujian dialect). Rice dumplings tangyuan (simplified Chinese: 汤圆; traditional Chinese: 湯圓; pinyin: tang yuán), a sweet glutinous rice ball brewed in a soup, are eaten this day . Candles are lit outside houses as a way to guide wayward spirits home . This day is celebrated as the Lantern Festival, and families walk the street carrying lighted lanterns . </P> <P> In China, Malaysia, and Singapore, this day is celebrated by individuals seeking a romantic partner, akin to Valentine's Day . Nowadays, single women write their contact number on mandarin oranges and throw them in a river or a lake after which single men collect the oranges and eat them . The taste is an indication of their possible love: sweet represents a good fate while sour represents a bad fate . </P>

Grand celebration that takes place about fifteen days after the day of the chinese new year