Why is Lantern Festival a traditional culture?

The custom of burning lanterns began in the Han Dynasty, because the Ming emperor advocated Buddhism, which coincided with Cai Mao's conversion from India to Buddhism. He said that in Mohatuo, India, on the fifteenth day of the first month, monks gathered to pay tribute to the Buddhist relics, which was an auspicious day to participate in Buddhism.

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. Since then, the custom of putting lights on the Lantern Festival has spread from being held only in the court to the people. That is, on the fifteenth day of the first month, both the gentry and the people hang up lights, and the urban and rural areas are brightly lit all night.

Lantern Festival is a traditional culture.

The legend of hanging lanterns on the Lantern Festival;

On the fifteenth day of the first month, Huo Dexing really came to Beijing. Emperor Wen led his ministers and the people of Beijing to bow down and greet them, and begged Huo Dexing not to burn the capital for the sake of millions of people. Huo Dexing can't bear the loss of life, but he dare not violate the dogma because of the sacredness of life.

Is in a dilemma, Dong Fangshuo and put forward a plan. That night, inside and outside the capital Chang 'an, from the Palace to the People's House, all the lights were lit according to Dong Fangshuo's plan, as bright as day.

The fire went straight into the sky, and Huo Dexing saw this scene as a fire, knowing that it was enough to deceive the jade emperor and return to heaven. Since then, every year on the 15th day of the first month, Zhang Ju will be lit as a memorial.