When is the Lantern Festival?

The fifteenth day of the first lunar month is the Lantern Festival, which is a traditional Chinese festival. Also known as Shangyuan Festival, Yuan Ye Festival and Lantern Festival.

The Lantern Festival, which falls on the 15th day of the first lunar month, is an important traditional festival in my country. This day was called "Shangyuan" in ancient times, and its night was called "Yuan Ye", "Yuan Xi" or "Yuan Xiao". The ancient Chinese calendar has a close relationship with the moon phases. The full moon must occur on the 15th day of each month, which is called "Wang".

The full moon symbolizes happy reunion. On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, people usher in the first full moon night of the year. This day is naturally regarded as an auspicious day. According to records, as early as the early Western Han Dynasty, there were ceremonial activities in the palace to worship Taiyi God (Emperor of Heaven) on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month to pray for blessings. According to Chinese folk tradition, on this night when the bright moon hangs high in the sky, people light up thousands of colorful lanterns to celebrate.

Popular areas for the Lantern Festival Lantern Festival

The Lantern Festival (Nine-bend Yellow River Lantern Festival) is mainly distributed in northern China. Among various formation structures, the "Middle Nine" formation has the most unique characteristics. representative. Jiuqu Yellow River lantern custom is widely distributed in more than ten provinces and cities including Shanxi, Hebei, Shaanxi, Inner Mongolia, Gansu, Beijing, and Liaoning.

In addition to the abbreviations of Jiuqu Yellow River and Jiuqu Yellow River, folk in various places have Chuan Yellow River, Running Yellow River, Zhuan Yellow River, Zhuan Jiuqu, Tour Jiuqu, Jiuqu Hui, Lantern Tour Hui, Lamp Oil Hui, There are many common names such as floor lamp, walking lamp, walking lamp, pendulum lamp and so on.

Northern Shaanxi is often called "Naolaojiao", Inner Mongolia is often called "Jiuqu Shenghui" and "Jiuqu Lantern Festival", southern Shanxi is often called "ground lantern", and there is also a swastika lantern array (Hebei Mancheng, Yongchang of Gansu, Shouxian of Anhui), Lantern Enchanting Formation (Lixin of Anhui) also belong to the scope of Jiuqu Yellow River lantern custom.