What is the significance of watching lanterns on the Lantern Festival?

In ancient times, lanterns on the Lantern Festival were used to exorcise evil spirits and reduce fire, which also meant to pray for light.

Making lanterns on the Lantern Festival is not only a celebration of this festival, but also a cultural symbol. Every traditional festival has a long history, and people's expectation and yearning for a better life are hidden behind every traditional festival. In traditional folk culture, Lantern Festival is regarded as the last climax of the Spring Festival.

Because after this day, people really enter the new year's production and life, so people celebrate on the Lantern Festival and pray for God to bless the good weather and abundant crops in the coming year, which also expresses people's beautiful expectations for the new year and is a way for people to pin their hopes for a better life on their beliefs.

Brief introduction of lantern festival

Lantern Festival is a traditional folk activity in China. During the Southern Dynasties, the custom of holding the traditional Lantern Festival appeared in Jiankang (now Nanjing), and its grand occasion was the highest in the country. Lantern Festival flourished in Tang Dynasty, Song Dynasty and Ming Dynasty. During Yang Di's reign, the lantern festival was held at the end gate of the main entrance of Luoyang Miyagi, the capital of the first month, and the end gate was brightly lit.

Lantern Festival is also called Lantern Festival. The custom of burning lanterns in the Lantern Festival began in the Southern Dynasties. In the Tang Dynasty, lantern viewing became more prosperous, palaces and streets were decorated with lanterns, and tall lantern wheels, towers and trees were built. The scene of "feasting" is quite spectacular.