On the origin of hanging lanterns on the fifteenth day of the first month, why should lanterns be hung on the Lantern Festival?

1. The custom of burning lanterns began in the Han Dynasty, during the reign of Emperor Yongping (58-75 AD). Because Ming Taizu advocated Buddhism, it coincided with Cai _, who returned from India to seek Buddha. It was said that on the fifteenth day of the first month in Mohamad, India, monks gathered to pay tribute to 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.

2. Another way of saying it is that the custom of burning lanterns in the Lantern Festival originates from the Taoist "ternary theory": the 15th day of the first month is Shangyuan, the 15th day of July is Zhongyuan, and the 15th day of October is Xia Yuan. The three officials in charge of the "three yuan" are heaven, earth and man respectively. Celestial officials are happy, and lanterns are important for the Lantern Festival.

Lantern Festival became Lantern Festival and became a custom in the middle of Tang Dynasty. In the second year of his birth (7 13), Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty reopened the curfew on the fifteenth day of the first month and ordered thousands of lanterns to be lit for three nights, which became a temporary prosperity. During the Kande period in the Northern Song Dynasty, the lighting time increased to five nights. /kloc-starts at 0/4 and ends at 0/8. More prosperous. Therefore, there is a saying that "jiaozi in the Song Dynasty, lanterns in the Sui Dynasty". Moreover, riddles appeared in the Song Dynasty, that is, riddles were tied to lanterns, which made people appreciate lanterns with riddles and increased their interest. The word "lantern riddle" came from this.

4. In the seventh year of Yongle in Ming Dynasty, the imperial court ordered that "the Lantern Festival will begin on the 11th, and ten days' holiday will be granted." It has become the longest Lantern Festival in the past and a national festival. In the Qing Dynasty, the Lantern Festival was changed to four days, but the grand occasion continued unabated. From the first month, "thirteen lights, fourteen test lights, fifteen positive lights." It has been lively until the "Eighteen Lights" and the whole Spring Festival is over.

5. Light means bright in Taiwan Province province, lighting the light means illuminating the future, and the homonym of Taiwan Province lamp and Ding means giving birth to a boy. Therefore, in the past, women would deliberately wander under the lamp, hoping to "drill the foot of the lamp to lay eggs" (that is, swim under the lamp to give birth to boys).