What are the customs and sources of Lantern Festival?

On the Lantern Festival, the wine is half drunk, and the midnight snack lights fly silver flowers. Happy life partner, happy to write about the prosperity of rivers and lakes. Lantern Festival is a traditional festival in China. What do people usually do? How much do you know about the customs and origins of the Lantern Festival? Bian Xiao shared some common things and the origin of the Lantern Festival. Welcome to study!

What do you usually do on the Lantern Festival?

During the Yong Ping period of Han Dynasty (AD 58-75), when Ming Taizu advocated Buddhism, it coincided with Cai _ returning to Buddhism from India, saying that it was the fifteenth day of the first month in India, and monks gathered to pay tribute to the 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.

Solve riddles; solve lantern riddles; guess riddles on hanging lanterns

"Lantern riddle", also known as "playing riddles", is an activity added after the Lantern Festival, which appeared in the Song Dynasty. In the Southern Song Dynasty, Lin 'an, the capital, made riddles every Lantern Festival, and there were many people in solve riddles on the lanterns. At the beginning, it was a busybody who wrote riddles on paper and posted them on colorful lanterns for people to guess. Because riddles are enlightening and interesting, they are welcomed by all walks of life in the process of communication.

eat yuanxiao

In the Northern and Southern Dynasties, people ate bean porridge or rice porridge cooked with meat and animal oil during the Lantern Festival. In the Tang Dynasty, people ate a kind of pasta and scones called "flour cocoons". In the Song Dynasty, soup made of salted black bean soup and mung bean powder appeared, and "glutinous rice balls" appeared. Since then, people in the north and south are used to eating Yuanxiao on the Lantern Festival.

Take the bridge

Walking on the bridge is usually carried out on the 16th day of the first month, so this day is also called "Wandering All Diseases Day". There are many nicknames for the custom of walking across the bridge, focusing on getting rid of diseases, which are called "walking away from all kinds of diseases", "removing all kinds of diseases", "dispersing all kinds of diseases" and "roasting all kinds of diseases", among which walking, dispersing, roasting, swimming and crossing the bridge show different ways and means. As far as ways and means are concerned, swimming, walking and dispersion are basically the same. Participants are all women and need to travel together. Some areas also stipulate the location, that is, you need to cross the bridge (such as Beijing) or take the city wall (such as Nanjing). The purpose of this custom is the same, that is, to drive away all diseases and bless health and longevity.

Yingzigu

Zi Gu is a kind and poor girl in folklore. On the fifteenth day of the first month, Zi Gu died of poverty. People sympathize with her and miss her. In some places, it is convenient to have the custom of "welcoming the daughter-in-law on the fifteenth day of the first month". Every night, people tie a life-size portrait of purple aunt with straw and cloth heads. Women have stood beside the toilet, pigsty and kitchen where Zigu often works to meet her, holding her hand like sisters, telling her sweet words and comforting her with tears. This scene is very vivid and truly reflects the thoughts and feelings of the working people who are kind, honest and sympathetic to the weak.

Asking for a son to give you peace of mind: in the Tang Dynasty, Shouyang was the secretariat of Li Jing, and that beauty was his concubine; Jealous of Cao Shi On the fifteenth day of the first month, why kill people in the toilet? God's mercy, what is life in Ce Shen? "Chronicle of Jingchu": "It welcomes Zigu in the evening to predict the future sericulture and take up all affairs." Therefore, every night on the fifteenth day of the first month, the people used a dustpan as a frame in the form of training, and asked her to bless the harvest of sericulture and the safety of people and animals.

Jieyang Chang

Tie a sheep intestine into a mandarin duck: "Lu": "On the sixteenth day of the first month, northerners tied a sheep intestine with nine lines of old calendar paper as a rope, and the chaos began with the beginning and the end, and the combination was the sign." At the beginning of the Lantern Festival, you are as busy as a bee, and every daughter has a narrow heart. Say to yourself: when can it be like a double honeymoon?

The origin and legend of Lantern Festival 1. Emperor Wen of Han Dynasty built it to commemorate Pinglu.

Another legend is that the Lantern Festival was established by Emperor Wen of Han Dynasty to commemorate Pinglu. After the death of Emperor Gaozu Liu Bang, Lv Hou's son Liu Ying became Emperor Hui of Han Dynasty. Hui Di was born weak and indecisive, and power gradually fell into the hands of Lv Hou. After Hui Di's death, he monopolized state affairs and turned Liu's world into Lu's. The old courtiers and Liu's imperial clan were deeply indignant, but they were afraid of cruelty and dared not speak out.

After Lv Hou's death, Zhu Lu has been in a state of anxiety, afraid of being hurt and excluded. So, in the general's home, they secretly assembled and plotted to make trouble in order to completely seize Liu's country.

This incident reached the ears of Liu Nang, the king of Qi in the Liu clan. In order to protect Liu's country, Liu Nang decided to fight Zhu Lu. Then, he contacted the founding fathers Zhou Bo and Chen Ping, and planned to get rid of Lv Lu. Finally, the "Zhu Lu Rebellion" was completely put down.

After the rebellion, the ministers made Liu Heng, the second son of Liu Bang, emperor and called him Emperor Wen. Impressed by the hard-won peace and prosperity, Emperor Wen designated the 15th day of the first month of the first month to quell the "Zhu-Lu Rebellion" as a day to have fun with the people, and every household in Beijing celebrated with lanterns and colorful decorations. Since then, the fifteenth day of the first month has become a popular folk festival-"Lantern Festival".

2. Dong Fangshuo and Yuanxiao Girl

This legend is related to the custom of eating Yuanxiao: According to legend, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty had a favorite named Dong Fangshuo, who was kind and funny. One winter, it snowed heavily for several days, and Dong Fangshuo went to the Imperial Garden to fold plum blossoms for Emperor Wu. As soon as I entered the garden gate, I found a maid-in-waiting in tears ready to throw herself into the well. Dong Fangshuo rushed forward to help and asked her why she committed suicide. It turns out that this maid-in-waiting is named Yuanxiao, and there are parents and a sister at home. She has never seen her family since she entered the palace. Every spring comes, I miss my family more than usual. I think in front of my parents, I would rather die than be filial. Dong Fangshuo expressed deep sympathy for her suffering and assured her that she would try her best to reunite with her family.

One day, Dong Fangshuo left the palace and set up a divination pavilion on Chang 'an Avenue. Many people are scrambling to find him for divination. Unexpectedly, what everyone wants is the signature of "burning us on the 16th day of the first month". Suddenly, there was a panic in Chang 'an. People are looking for a solution to the disaster. Dong Fangshuo said, "On the 13th night of the first month, Vulcan will send a goddess in red to visit the earth. She is the messenger who ordered the burning of Chang 'an. I'll give you the copied poem and let the emperor do something. " Say that finish, then dropped a red pillar and roared off. The people picked up the red post and quickly sent it to the palace to report to the emperor.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty took it and read: "Chang 'an is robbing, and the imperial palace is being burned. It has been burning for fifteen days, and the midnight snack is red." He was so scared that he hurriedly invited resourceful Dong Fangshuo. Dong Fangshuo thought for a moment and said, "I heard that Vulcan likes to eat dumplings. Don't Yuanxiao in the palace often make dumplings for you? Let Yuanxiao package jiaozi on 15th night. Long live the incense and offerings, and order every family in Kyoto to pack jiaozi and worship Vulcan together. Then tell the subjects to hang lights together on the fifteenth night and set off firecrackers and fireworks all over the city, as if the whole city were on fire, so that the jade emperor could be fooled. In addition, the people outside the city were informed that they would go to the city to watch the lights on the fifteenth night, and they would eliminate disasters and solve problems in the crowd. Liang Wudi was very happy after hearing this, so he ordered him to do it according to Dong Fangshuo's method.

On the fifteenth day of the first month, Chang 'an City was decorated with colorful lights, crowded with tourists and very lively. The parents of the maid-in-waiting Yuanxiao also took their sister to the city to see the lights. When they saw the big palace lantern with the words "Yuanxiao" written on it, they shouted in surprise: "Yuanxiao! Lantern Festival! " When Yuanxiao heard the shouts, she was finally reunited with her relatives at home.

After such a busy night, Chang 'an was safe. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was overjoyed and ordered that glutinous rice balls should be made for Vulcan every year on the fifteenth day of the first month. On the fifteenth day of the first month, the whole city was decorated with lanterns and set off fireworks. Because jiaozi cooked by Yuanxiao is the best, people call it Yuanxiao, and this day is called Lantern Festival.