Expats' Spring Festival stories in China

The Lantern Festival traditionally marks the end of the celebrations for the Spring Festival. In the past few days, tens of thousands of expats in China joined in the celebrations for the Year of the Rabbit, including Richard Anthony Mateus from the UK and Melo Ndlovu from the United States, both based in Qingdao. How did they spend the holiday and what are some of their observations of this traditional festival?