What festival is the fifteenth day of the first lunar month?

The first month of the lunar calendar is the traditional Lantern Festival in China, and it is also the Lantern Festival, or Lantern Festival. The first month is the first month of the lunar calendar, and the ancients called the night "Xiao". The fifteenth day of the first month is the first full moon night in a year, so it is called Yuanxiao. There are customs such as eating Yuanxiao (glutinous rice balls), enjoying lanterns and dancing dragons and lions.

Legend of the lantern festival

The history of Lantern Festival can be traced back to more than two thousand years ago. The long years have given the Lantern Festival many legends-"Lantern Festival", "Ping Road" and "Lantern Festival Girl" all add a bit of romance to this traditional festival.

Light the lamp. Myth; legend

Legend has it that a long time ago, there were many fierce birds and animals everywhere that hurt people and livestock, so people had to unite to fight them. One day, a god bird landed on the earth because it got lost, but was accidentally shot by an unsuspecting hunter.

When the Emperor of Heaven found out, he was very angry. He immediately issued an imperial edict, ordering the heavenly soldiers to set fire to the world on the fifteenth day of the first month, burning up all human, livestock and property.

The daughter of the Emperor of Heaven is kind-hearted. She couldn't bear to see the innocent suffering of the people, so she risked her life and secretly drove Xiangyun to the world and told the people the news.

When people heard the news, they were like a thunderbolt overhead, and they were so scared that they didn't know what to do. After a long time, an old man came up with an idea. He said: "On the 14th, 15th and 16th day of the first month, every household decorated with lanterns, set off firecrackers and set off fireworks. In this way, the emperor will think that people have been burned to death. "

Everyone nodded and said yes, and they were ready to go separately. On the night of the fourteenth day of the first month, the Emperor looked down and found that the world was red and noisy. It was like this for three consecutive nights. The emperor thought it was a flame of fire and his heart beat so fast.

In this way, people saved their lives and property. Since then, every family will hang lanterns and set off fireworks on the fifteenth day of the first month to commemorate this festival.