What does it mean to light the lamp on the eighth day?

Offering lanterns on the eighth day of the first month is a traditional folk activity and a very famous blessing activity.

If you are from the animal year, it is suggested that you wait in the temple early on the eighth day of this year and offer a few lamps. According to legend, it can dissolve Tai Sui. Ancient people lit lights on the eighth day to teach children to know the stars in the sky that night and tell them what each star is called and what it stands for on the earth.

The eighth day of the first month, also known as Shunxing Festival, is one of the traditional lunar festivals in China. On this day, I mainly learned astronomy from the names of the stars listed by Ma in the incense wax shop. The star offering ceremony of Shunxing Festival is held in the evening. Rich people hang/kloc-0.08 lanterns, and ordinary people can also hang 49 lanterns, at least 9 lanterns, representing the sun, the moon, water, fire and wood.