Chikondwerero cha Lantern chimakondwerera pa tsiku la 15 la mwezi woyamba wa ku China, ndipo nthawi zambiri chimatha chaka chatsopano cha ku China. Ndi chochitika chapadera chomwe chimaphatikizapo ziwonetsero za nyali, zokhwasula-khwasula zenizeni, masewera a ana ndi zisudzo ndi zina zotero.
Chikondwerero cha Nyali chingathe kutsatiridwa zaka 2,000 zapitazo. Kumayambiriro kwa Ufumu wa Kum'mawa kwa Han (25-220), Mfumu Hanmingdi anali wochirikiza Chibuda. Anamva kuti amonke ena ankayatsa nyali m'makachisi kuti asonyeze ulemu kwa Buddha pa tsiku la khumi ndi chisanu la mwezi woyamba. Chifukwa chake, analamula kuti akachisi onse, mabanja, ndi nyumba zachifumu aziyatsa nyali madzulo amenewo. Mwambo wa Chibuda umenewu pang'onopang'ono unakhala chikondwerero chachikulu pakati pa anthu.
Malinga ndi miyambo yosiyanasiyana ya anthu aku China, anthu amasonkhana pamodzi usiku wa Chikondwerero cha Nyali kuti achite chikondwerero ndi zochitika zosiyanasiyana. Anthu amapempherera zokolola zabwino ndi zabwino posachedwa.
Popeza China ndi dziko lalikulu lokhala ndi mbiri yakale komanso zikhalidwe zosiyanasiyana, miyambo ndi zochitika za Chikondwerero cha Lantern zimasiyana m'madera osiyanasiyana, kuphatikizapo kuunikira ndi kusangalala ndi nyali (zoyandama, zokhazikika, zogwira, ndi zouluka), kuyamikira mwezi wonse wowala, kuyatsa zofukizira moto, kulosera nkhani zolembedwa pa nyali, kudya tangyuan, kuvina kwa mikango, kuvina kwa chinjoka, ndi kuyenda pa zipilala.
Nthawi yotumizira: Ogasiti-17-2017
