Why do you want to see lanterns on the Lantern Festival?

Add festive atmosphere and pray for peace.

Lantern Festival began in the period of Emperor Han Ming in the East. Ming Di advocates Buddhism. It is said that on the fifteenth day of the first month, the monks watched the Buddhist relics and lit lamps to worship Buddha, so they ordered to light lamps to worship Buddha in palaces and temples that night, so that all cremated people and ordinary people could hang lamps. Later, this Buddhist ceremonial festival gradually formed a grand folk festival. The festival has experienced a development process from the court to the people, and from the Central Plains to all parts of the country. On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, just after the Spring Festival, the traditional festival Lantern Festival in China was ushered in. The first month is the first month of the lunar calendar. The ancients called the night "Xiao", so they called the fifteenth day of the first month the Lantern Festival. Watching lanterns is a traditional folk activity of the Lantern Festival, and it is also an entertainment activity. Lantern lanterns can increase the festive atmosphere, and the ancients lit lanterns to pray for peace. China's lanterns are very exquisite and varied. This is also the origin of the Lantern Festival.

Lantern Festival is the last important festival in China Spring Festival custom, which falls on the 15th day of the first lunar month every year. According to the ancient calendar, the first month is the first month of the lunar calendar. Shuo Wen Jie Zi records: "Yuan is the beginning; Night, stay overnight. " This is the first full moon night of the New Year, so it is called the Lantern Festival. This festival has the custom of watching lanterns in past dynasties, so it is also called Lantern Festival. Before the Song Dynasty, the Lantern Festival was often called "Yuanxiao", "Yuanxiao" and "Shangyuan", but the word "Yuanxiao" was often seen in the literature after the Song Dynasty.