How did we find out the truth?: Now under a claim, we came in front of a user who said Holi was not shown in the video, but “Chinese Lantern Festival” was shown.
We also appeared in the video on a blogger called Chen Mingkun’s Facebook page, which was in caption, “Choshan is rich during the Old Street Lantern Festival.”
About a month before Holi, on 16 February 2025, an Instagram page called ‘Itchina.BB’ shared the video as one of the “sixteenth day of the first lunar month”.
Another Facebook post The sharing of this video has been mentioned that on February 12, the celebrations of the Lantern Festival marked the culmination of the Chinese New Year celebrations.
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While the 16th day of the first lunar month was not a major national holiday, “it holds cultural significance in some regions and communities of China,” read the post.
More on Lantern Festival: China’s Lantern Festival is an annual one, which marks the end of the lunar New Year period, associated Press Informed
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It is celebrated on the 15th day of the first lunar month, the report states.
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Website The International Department of the Communist Party of CPC (IDCPC) also shared the same information that the lantern festival marked the end of the lunar new year.
