In summary, the first lantern ever produced happened in the Mediterranean region – a basic lantern that was used simply for daily necessities – the art of the lantern began to emerge during Egyptian civilization – and advanced even further within Greek and Roman civilization. The first lantern festival that ever took place occurred in Ancient Egypt – and later became a tradition within the Roman Empire – which was called Lychnapsia – “a festival of lamps that occur on August 12, widely regarded by scholars as having been held in honor of Isis. It was thus one of several official Roman holidays and observances that publicly linked the cult of Isis with Imperial cult.”  Based on the multicultural society of the Roman Empire – a gateway to the world, the lamp festival tradition (among other things) were adopted by other cultures and shared among their local communities – which eventually was introduced to the Asian continent – whereby, the first lantern festival in Asia, occurred in India – and 500 years later, it made its way into Chinese culture – and the tradition continued.