The best time to see beautiful lanterns is during the Lantern Festival, __ 1 __ falls on the 15th day of the first lunar month. This year it is on Feb. 22, __ 2 __ (mark) the end of Spring Festival celebrations. Watching lanterns is a great __ 3 __ (active). You see lanterns in any sizes and shapes you can imagine, from animals to plants and flowers.__ 4 __ (make) it more fun, people paste riddles ( 谜语 ) on the lanterns. In some places, people like releasing sky lanterns, which __ 5 __ (call) Kongming lanterns. A sky lantern is a small hot air balloon made of paper, __ 6 __ an opening at the bottom where there is a small fire source. When the bright lights fly high in the sky, people bless family members __ 7 __ make wishes. In old times, the Lantern Festival was also romantic. At that time, young girls were not allowed to go out very often except during certain festivals. __ 8 __ , looking at lanterns gave young people a chance to meet each other. A line from Xin Qiji, __ 9 __ poet during the Song Dynasty, shows this: “Restlessly, I searched for her in thousands, hundreds of ways. __ 10 __ (sudden) I turned, and there she was in the receding light.”