Is Shangyuan Festival a Taoist festival?

Shangyuan Festival is a Taoist festival.

Lantern Festival is one of the traditional festivals in China, also known as Shangyuan Festival, Lantern Festival, Lantern Festival or Lantern Festival, which falls on the 15th day of the first lunar month every year. The Spring Festival in China begins in the twelfth lunar month and lasts until the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first month, so the relationship between Taoism and folk customs can be discussed.

In Taoism, the birthdays of san huang, who originated from primitive religions' worship of nature such as heaven, earth and water —— Wei Zi, Qing Xu and Dong Yin —— are Shangyuan (the 15th day of the first month), Zhongyuan (the 15th day of July) and Xia Yuan (the 15th day of October) respectively, and these three days are collectively referred to as Sanyuan Festival.

Every three-day festival, Shanxin goes to the temple to pray and avoid disaster. Emperor Tianguan's birthday coincides with the Lantern Festival (Lantern Festival), which is the first festival after celebrating the Spring Festival. The birthday of the local emperor coincides with the Buddhist bonsai, and a relief will be held. Compared with the birthdays of the other two emperors, Emperor Shuiguan's birthday is not so prosperous because there are no overlapping customs and activities.

The Historical Value of Lantern Festival

The formation of Lantern Festival custom has a long process. The introduction of Buddhist culture in the Eastern Han Dynasty is of great significance to the formation of Lantern Festival customs. During the reign of Yong Ping in Han Dynasty (AD 58-75), when Ming Chengzu advocated Buddhism, it happened that Cai Cheng returned from India to seek Buddhism, saying that it was an auspicious day to participate in Buddhism when monks gathered to pay tribute to relics on the fifteenth day of the first month in Mohamad, India.

In order to carry forward Buddhism, Emperor Han Ming ordered "burning lamps to show Buddha" in the palace temple on the 15th night of the first month. Therefore, the custom of burning lanterns on the fifteenth night of the first month, with the expansion of the influence of Buddhist culture and the addition of Taoist culture, gradually spread in China.

Nowadays, with the development of the times, today's Lantern Festival is moving from family to society. No matter how the Lantern Festival, lanterns and fireworks change, the ancient traditional customs that the Lantern Festival continues remain unchanged. These elements of traditional culture are always the feelings that people keep giving up.