The origin of playing lanterns on Lantern Festival

Originated in the Eastern Han Dynasty, Emperor Liu Zhuang of the Eastern Han Dynasty lit lamps to worship Buddha.

The custom of playing lanterns on the Lantern Festival began in the Eastern Han Dynasty. Emperor Liu Zhuang of the Eastern Han Dynasty advocated Buddhism. He heard that on the fifteenth day of the first month, monks watched Buddhist relics and lit lanterns to worship Buddha, so all the gentry and ordinary people hung lanterns that night. Later, this Buddhist ceremonial festival gradually formed a grand folk festival. This festival has experienced the development process from the court to the people, and from the Central Plains to the whole country. During the Kaiyuan period of the Tang Dynasty, in order to celebrate the safety of the country and people, people tied lanterns to symbolize "lucky dragons, rich people and strong country" with flashing lights. Since then, the fashion of lanterns has been widely popular.

Lanterns in China are not only used for lighting, but also a symbol. Wu Dunhou said that he used to make bridal lanterns (that is, palace lanterns) to represent wedding celebrations; Bamboo lanterns announce that this is a funeral occasion; Umbrella lamp (word surname lamp), because the pronunciation of lamp is the same as that of Ding, means that people are prosperous. Therefore, in the past, every household had a surname lamp hanging under the eaves and in the living room.

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