UMnyhadala weZibane ubhiyozelwa ngomhla we-15 wenyanga yokuqala yamaTshayina, kwaye ngokwesiko uphela ixesha loNyaka oMtsha wamaTshayina. Ngumsitho okhethekileyo oquka imiboniso yezibane, izidlo zokwenyani, imidlalo yabantwana kunye nomboniso njl.njl.
UMnyhadala weZibane unokulandelwa emva kwiminyaka eyi-2,000 eyadlulayo. Ekuqaleni koBukhosi baseMpuma Han (25-220), uMlawuli uHanmingdi wayengummeli wobuBhuda. Weva ukuba abanye oonongendi babekhanyisa izibane kwiitempile ukubonisa imbeko kuBuddha ngomhla weshumi elinesihlanu wenyanga yokuqala. Ngenxa yoko, wayalela ukuba zonke iitempile, amakhaya, kunye neebhotwe zasebukhosini zikhanyise izibane ngaloo ngokuhlwa. Esi siko samaBhuda saqala ukuba ngumnyhadala omkhulu phakathi kwabantu.
Ngokwezithethe ezahlukeneyo zaseTshayina, abantu badibana ngobusuku boMnyhadala weZibane ukuze babhiyozele ngemisebenzi eyahlukeneyo. Abantu bathandazela isivuno esihle kunye nethamsanqa kwixesha elizayo.
Njengoko iTshayina ililizwe elikhulu elinembali ende kunye neenkcubeko ezahlukeneyo, amasiko kunye nemisebenzi yeLantern Festival iyahluka ngokwemimandla, kubandakanya ukukhanyisa nokonwabela izibane (ezidadayo, ezilungisiweyo, ezibanjwayo, nezibhabhayo), ukuxabisa inyanga epheleleyo ekhanyayo, ukuqalisa iifireworks, ukuqagela amaqhina abhalwe kwizibane, ukutya i-tangyuan, imidaniso yeengonyama, imidaniso yeedragoni, kunye nokuhamba ngee-stilts.
Ixesha leposi: Agasti-17-2017
