Why do you light candles on the Lantern Festival?

1, Lantern Festival lighting candles replaced the original lighting custom. Lantern Festival originated from Taoism's "ternary theory"; The fifteenth day of the first month is Shangyuan Festival, the fifteenth day of July is Zhongyuan Festival, and the fifteenth day of October is Xiayuan Festival. The officials in charge of the upper, middle and lower elements are heaven, earth and man respectively. The celestial officials are happy and the Lantern Festival should be lit.

2. During the reign of Han Yongping, because Ming Taizu advocated Buddhism, it coincided with the return of Cai _ Qiu Buddhism from India, saying that it was the fifteenth day of the first month of Mohato, India, and the monks gathered in the pilgrimage 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.