Moral of Lantern Festival Lanterns

The moral of Lantern Festival Lanterns is to pray for the new year to be smooth, prosperous, happy and safe, and the country to be peaceful.

Anciently, in order to expel the fear of darkness, lanterns were derived from the meaning of exorcism and praying for light. In Minnan language, "lantern" and "ding" are similar in pronunciation, so lanterns are also used to pray for children, to get success, and to avoid evil spirits and peace.

The Kongming Lantern is also known as the "sky lantern", in the real world, people also call it "wishing lantern", people will put all the wishes in the sky lantern above, hoping that the wishes can be realized, in fact, according to legend, the Kongming Lantern is Zhuge Kongming invented, therefore, people are commonly known as the "lantern", so the lantern is also known as the "lantern", so the lantern is also used to pray for a child. In fact, it is said that the Kongming lantern was invented by Zhuge Kongming, therefore, people commonly call it "Kongming lantern".

LanternsOrigin

Lanterns originated from Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty on the 15th day of the first month of the lunar calendar in the Palace set up an altar to worship the most noble of the gods of the sun god at that time, due to the all-night, must be lit all night illumination, which is the beginning of the lanterns for the Lantern Festival; in the Buddhism since the introduction of India into the Middle Kingdom, due to the Taoist magic of the gods and the Buddhist burning of the lanterns. After the introduction of Buddhism from India to the Middle Kingdom, due to the combination of Taoist fairy art and Buddhist lamps and Buddha's piety, every night of the first month of the fifteenth night, city and countryside, brightly lit, the scholarly public, all hanging lamps, the formation of a unique combination of Chinese and Western customs.

The Lantern Festival is a traditional Chinese festival of lights. At this time, all kinds of lanterns hanging high on the street colorful. Shengfang lanterns are mostly made with the theme of pavilions, birds, fish, insects and flowers. Dyed paper decorated with colorful thin strips made of bright and colorful.

Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia - Lanterns