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-'''Tzap Goh Mei''' (十五尾; [[pinyin]]:shí wǔ wěi; lit. "fifteen tail") represents the fifteenth and final day of the [[Chinese New Year|Lunar New Year]] period as celebrated by [[Overseas Chinese|Chinese]] migrant communities.  The term is from the [[Min Nan|Hokkien]] [[dialect]] and literally means the fifteenth [[day]] of the first [[month]].
-It is the occasion of the first [[full moon]] of the New Year.
-The occasion is marked by feasting and various festivities, including the consumption of [[Tangyuan]]. In traditional [[China|Chinese]] culture, it is also celebrated as the [[Lantern Festival]] or the [[Shang Yuan Festival]]. In [[Southeast Asia]], however, it coincides with the Chinese [[Valentine's Day]], when young unmarried women gather to toss [[tangerine]]s into the sea, in a hope that their future spouse will pick it up - a custom that originated in [[Penang]], [[Malaysia]]. In the past, this is also the only day that unmarried ladies can be seen with their partners.
-Note that another festival, [[Qi Xi]] is also sometimes referred to as "Chinese Valentine's Day".
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