Mutambo weLantern unopembererwa pazuva rechi15 remwedzi wekutanga wekuChina, uye unowanzo pedzisa nguva yeGore Idzva reChinese. Chiitiko chakakosha chinosanganisira kuratidzwa kwemarambi, zvekudya zvechokwadi, mitambo yevana uye kuratidzwa kwemitambo nezvimwewo.
Mutambo weLantern unogona kuteverwa kumashure kusvika makore 2,000 apfuura. Pakutanga kweMambo weEastern Han (25–220), Mambo Hanmingdi aive mutsigiri weBuddhism. Akanzwa kuti mamwe mamongi aibatidza marambi mutemberi kuratidza ruremekedzo kuna Buddha pazuva regumi nemashanu remwedzi wekutanga wemwedzi. Saka, akarayira kuti matembere ese, dzimba, nedzimba dzehumambo dzibatidze marambi manheru iwayo. Tsika iyi yechiBuddha zvishoma nezvishoma yakava mutambo mukuru pakati pevanhu.
Zvichienderana netsika dzakasiyana-siyana dzechivanhu dzekuChina, vanhu vanoungana pamwe chete pausiku hweMutambo weMarambi kuti vapemberere nezviitiko zvakasiyana-siyana. Vanhu vanonyengeterera goho rakanaka uye rombo rakanaka munguva pfupi iri kutevera.
Sezvo China iri nyika yakakura ine nhoroondo refu uye tsika dzakasiyana-siyana, tsika nemabasa eLantern Festival zvinosiyana munzvimbo dzakasiyana, zvinosanganisira kuvheneka nekunakidzwa nemwenje (inoyangarara, inogadziriswa, inobatwa, uye inobhururuka), kunakidzwa nemwedzi wakazara wakajeka, kubatidza mafirework, kufungidzira zvirahwe zvakanyorwa pamwenje, kudya tangyuan, kutamba kweshumba, kutamba kwedhiragoni, uye kufamba pamatanda.
Nguva yekutumira: Nyamavhuvhu-17-2017
