Fifteenth Day of Chinese New Year

There are 2 Valentine's Days on the Lunar calendar. One is on the 15th day of the first month and the other one is on the 7th day of the 7th month. In the past, singles would go to the market where there were many booths selling lanterns. Most of them claimed to go to appreciate the lanterns and playing games which were very similar to the spelling bee or the show "Jeopardy!" of nowadays. But those games were much, much more difficult than we can imagine. These people were purposefully looking for their future spouse.
Some matchmakers also took this opportunity to let parents or to-be-married couples (as you know that there were many arranged marriages in the ancient China) to take a peek of their future daughter/son-in-law or spouse. Some people in Hong Kong and China now will treat this day as another Valentine's Day. But instead of appreciating lanterns, they will buy roses, chocolate and dine out like what they do on the Valentine's Day on Feb 14. There are 15 more days to go for the rest of the Chinese New Year.  Many more customs that Chinese need to follow for the rest of the month.
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