Lantern FestivalⅦ

Lantern Festival is also considered the Chinese Valentine's Day of the ancient China, though generally people take Double Seventh Festival (7th days of 7th month in Lunar Calendar) as the Chinese Valentine's Day. Some people believe Lantern Festival deserves the title. As is known to all, the ancient China had a series of feudal moral restriction towards women. Unmarried young women were not allowed to go outside alone. But in Lantern Festival, they can go out in groups. The festival provided them an opportunity to encounter some brilliant young men. There are a good many stories about how two young hearts met in Lantern Festival and fell in love with each other. Ouyang Xiu, a famous poet in the Northern Song Dynasty, wrote a touching romantic poem for the festival. It reads: