The Meaning and Origin of Lantern Festival

Lantern Festival is a traditional festival in China, which existed more than 2,000 years ago in the Western Han Dynasty. According to data and folklore, the fifteenth day of the first month was paid attention to in the Western Han Dynasty. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty sacrificed "Taiyi" in Ganquan Palace on the first night of the first month, which was regarded by later generations as a prelude to offering sacrifices to the gods on the fifteenth day of the first month.

2. The implication of Lantern Festival:

Lantern Festival symbolizes family reunion, happiness and reunion. At the same time, it also means praying for a smooth and prosperous new year. Lantern Festival is regarded as the last climax of the Spring Festival, because after this day, people really enter the production and life of the New Year.

Therefore, people celebrate the Lantern Festival all over the country in order to pray for God to bless the good weather and good harvests in the coming year, which also expresses people's good expectations for the new year.

Traditional folk customs of Lantern Festival

1, solve the riddle on the lantern

Solve riddles on the lanterns, also known as playing riddles, is a unique form of traditional folk entertainment with rich national style in China. It is a characteristic activity of the Lantern Festival that has been circulated since ancient times.

On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, traditional folks hang lanterns and set off fireworks. Later, some busybodies wrote riddles on paper and posted them on colorful lanterns for people to guess.

Step 2 play with dragon lanterns

Playing dragon lanterns, also known as dragon lanterns or dragon dancing. The dragon dance recorded in writing is Zhang Heng's Xijing Fu in Han Dynasty. The author vividly described the dragon dance in the descriptions of hundreds of plays.

According to Sui Shu Music, Huanglongbian, which is similar to a hundred dances and dragons in Yang Di period, is also wonderful. Dragon dancing is very popular in many places in China. China worships dragons, and thinks that dragons are auspicious symbols.

Step 3 walk on stilts

Walking on stilts is a popular folk performance. Stilts, originally one of the hundred plays in ancient China, appeared as early as the Spring and Autumn Period. China first introduced stilts in Liezi Fu Shuo: "There were orchids in the Song Dynasty, and they used their own skills to dry the Song and Yuan Dynasties. Song and Yuan asked to see his skill. "