What are the customs of Lantern Festival?

Lantern Festival is a traditional festival in China. On this day, people will do many things, such as eating glutinous rice balls, lanterns, solve riddles on the lanterns and lion dancing ... Let's take a concrete look!

Eat yuanxiao on the fifteenth day of the first month.

Yuanxiao is "rolled" in the north, and Tangyuan is "wrapped" in the south. Although the food is different, the meaning is the same. The moon is full in the sky, and the world is reunited. For China people, nothing is more important than reunion. Thousands of lights, beautiful moonlight. The family sat together to eat Yuanxiao. May this year be round and round, harmonious and happy.

02 lantern

Lantern Festival is also called Lantern Festival. On this day, every household, street and alley should be hung with colored lights. Lights are related to Buddhism. Legend has it that on the fifteenth day of the first month, the Buddha showed his magical powers and surrendered to the gods and demons. People hang lanterns for the Buddha, hoping that in the new year, they will light lanterns, dispel darkness, light heart lamps and drive away troubles.

Solve the riddle on the lantern

Besides lanterns, there are riddles on lanterns. People put the written crossword puzzles on lanterns for people to guess. It can not only enlighten wisdom, but also cater to the festive atmosphere. It shows the intelligence and wisdom of the ancient working people and their yearning for a better life. May wisdom and hard work coexist in the new year, with a beautiful life and a bright future!

lion dance

The custom of lion dance originated in the Three Kingdoms and has a history of thousands of years. Lantern Festival is different from New Year's Eve. New Year's Eve is quiet, and the Lantern Festival highlights the word "noisy". In the past, the Lantern Festival was a carnival for China people. On this day, people don't have to worry, get together and party outdoors. After the next day, everything was flat again. "a relaxation, the way of civil and military." Human nature needs to be dull and nervous, and moderate carnival is not a bad thing. I hope that in the new year, I will revel in the noisy time, meditate in the quiet time, relax one by one, and work for a long time! ?

One by one.

Chasing mice is a traditional folk custom on the fifteenth day of the first month. In ancient times, every household raised silkworms, and mice often ate silkworms at night. So people feed the mice with rice porridge on the fifteenth day of the first month, so that they don't eat silkworms for a year. Now chasing mice has evolved into a sacrifice, placing people's hopes for a bumper harvest. I wish the new year a smooth career, a happy family and a double harvest of work and love!

Send a children's lamp.

Sending children a lamp is also called "sending a lamp". In the former farming society, many children were blessed. Because "light" is similar to "d" Therefore, on the fifteenth day of the first month, people give lanterns to newly married women, hoping that their daughters can have children earlier. In the agricultural society, lanterns have always been the mascots of China people looking for children. I hope this year is a blessing!

07 Yingzigu

In ancient legend, Zi Gu was a kind and poor girl who died of poverty on the 15th day of the first month. In order to express sympathy and memory for her, people sacrifice their sons and daughters on this day. This is the loyalty of the ancient people in China, and also the sympathy and kindness to the weak. I hope there is no suffering in the world and everyone who reads is happy!

08 "Walk away from all diseases" is also called "Walk away from all diseases".

On the Lantern Festival, women go out one after another, take a walk together, and cross the bridge when they see it, thinking that this can strengthen their health, get rid of diseases and prolong their lives. It is difficult for ancient women to have the opportunity to go out, and the Lantern Festival is a rare opportunity for them to play. Dressed in costumes, they walked out of the house in droves and walked on the bridge until midnight. Pray for good health every year and get drunk when you are poor!

Steal vegetables

The ancient poem goes: "The moon is at the tip of the willow, and people meet after dusk". The ancient Lantern Festival was still Valentine's Day. Young women can go out freely on this day, and they can settle down for life as long as they meet the man they like. Many unmarried women will steal vegetables from other people's fields while watching the lights, in order to wish themselves to find the right husband as soon as possible. I hope to win a heart and never leave each other!

The first year of the year, Yuan Qi, a wonderful year begins today. In and out of the figure, cars and horses noisy. Fire trees and silver flowers, lanterns are competing. The homing of domestic swallows is a family reunion. The heart belongs to it, and it depends on it.

May every city and village have lights to see, and may you and I accompany each other as usual all the year round.