What is the Lantern Festival called?

Lantern Festival is also called Shangyuan Festival, Xiaoyuanxi, Yuanxi or Lantern Festival.

Lantern Festival, also known as Shangyuan Festival, Shangyuan Festival, Spring Lantern Festival, Lantern Festival, Xiaoyuanxi and Yuanxi, is the 15th day of the first lunar month. It is the first important festival after the Spring Festival, and it is also one of the traditional festivals of China and overseas Chinese in the Chinese character cultural circle. The first month is January of the lunar calendar, and the ancients called night night, so the15th day of the first full moon in a year is called Lantern Festival.

Lantern Festival mainly includes a series of traditional folk activities, such as watching lanterns, eating glutinous rice balls, solve riddles on the lanterns and setting off fireworks. In addition, traditional folk performances such as Youlong lanterns, lion dancing, walking on stilts, boating, yangko and playing Taiping drums have been added to the Lantern Festival in many places.

According to Records of Historical Records _ Le Shu, as early as the early years of the Western Han Dynasty, on the 15th day of the first month, the imperial court held a ritual activity to offer sacrifices to Taiyi God and pray for his blessing. According to the folk tradition in China, on this bright night, people light thousands of lanterns to celebrate.