Is Lantern Festival a holiday?

Lantern Festival is not a legal holiday, and there is no holiday.

202 1 Lantern Festival is on Friday, February 26th, the 15th day of the first lunar month. The first month is the first month of the lunar calendar, and the ancients called "night". The fifteenth day of the first month is the first full moon night in a year, so it is called "Lantern Festival". According to the Taoist "Sanyuan Festival", the fifteenth day of the first month is also called "Shangyuan Festival". Since ancient times, the custom of Lantern Festival has been based on the warm and festive custom of watching lanterns.

Yuanxiao was only called the fifteenth day of the first month, the first half of the first month or the full moon when the early festivals were formed, and it was called Yuanxiao or Yuanxiao after Sui. Influenced by Taoism in the early Tang Dynasty, it was also called Shangyuan, but it was only in the late Tang Dynasty that it was occasionally called Yuanxiao. But since the Song Dynasty, it has also been called Dengxi. In the Qing dynasty, it was also called the Lantern Festival.

As the saying goes, Lantern Festival always embodies the word "Lantern Festival", especially at night. On this bright night, people light thousands of lanterns, light lanterns, light flames, celebrate solve riddles on the lanterns, celebrate the Lantern Festival, get together with their families and celebrate festivals together.

There are two interesting anecdotes about the origin of the word "noisy". Legend has it that the ancient Lantern Festival was called "the golden dragon stays up all night, and the star bridge is locked". This night, the emperor "enjoyed the people", and the people could make a scene without scruple, for the first three days, the last four days and seven nights. So it is called "Lantern Festival".

There is also a legend that the Lantern Festival originated in the Han Dynasty, when people held torches in rural fields to drive away insects and wild animals, hoping to reduce pests and pray for a bumper harvest. Since the Sui, Tang and Song Dynasties, it has been in full swing. Tens of thousands of people took part in singing and dancing, from faint to dark. Because this carnival of the masses clearly embodies the word "noisy" and conveys the people's beautiful expectations and ardent expectations for the coming year, the saying of "noisy" Lantern Festival has been passed down to this day.

The above is the introduction of the Lantern Festival. With the changes of society and times, the customs of Lantern Festival have changed greatly, but it is still a traditional folk festival in China. On the evening of the 15th day of the first month, people in China have a series of traditional folk activities, such as watching lanterns, eating glutinous rice balls, eating Yuanxiao, solve riddles on the lanterns and setting off fireworks.