Lantern Festival is an important traditional festival in China, why do we hang up red lanterns on Lantern Festival?

According to Chinese folk tradition, on nights when the bright moon is high in the sky, people will light thousands of lanterns to celebrate going out to enjoy the moon, making fires, guessing lantern riddles, eating Lantern Festival together, reuniting with family, celebrating the festival, and having a good timeHanging lanterns is a deep-rooted custom of the people, and an indispensable part of the New Year's flavors Chinese Spring Festival lanterns are also called lanternsAround the time of the Lantern Festival on the first day of the first month of the Chinese Lunar Calendar, people Hang lanterns for the Spring Festival to create a festive atmosphere.

The festival cycle and customs of the Lantern Festival with the development of history and continue to lengthen and expand from the festival period, the Han Dynasty is only one day, the Tang Dynasty is only three days, the Song Dynasty is only five days of the Ming Dynasty, from the eighth day of the first month to the seventeenth day of the first month, the lights are bright for ten days and the Spring Festival is connected to the city is busy in the daytime, and the lights are bright at night.

Particularly delicate and colorful lights, making it the climax of the Spring Festival entertainment activities in the Qing Dynasty, there are also dragon dances, lion dances, dry boats, stilt walkers, rice-planting songs, such as "a hundred plays", but the festival was shortened to four or five days the Lantern Festival, also known as the Lantern Festival Lantern Festival began in the Han Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty, the lanterns are more prosperous in the Imperial Palace and the streets are hung everywhere with lanterns, high lanterns, buildings, and the city's streets. The poet Lu Zhaolin once described the bright lights of the Lantern Festival in his poem "Watching the Lanterns on the Fifteenth Night" as "Doubtful that the stars will fall in the Han Dynasty, and that the moon will be hanging in the building"

Eating Lanterns is a folklore Lanterns are made of glutinous rice, which can be either solid or stuffed with filling ingredients. Including bean paste, sugar, hawthorn, a variety of fruit ingredients, etc., can be eaten boiled, fried, steamed or deep-fried At first people called this food "soup dumplings", and later called "soup dumplings" or "soup dumplings "These names "reunion" pronunciation is similar, take the meaning of reunion, symbolizing a family reunion, harmony, happiness people also miss their loved ones who have passed away, and hope for the best wishes for future life.

This traditional festival, which has been passed down for more than 2,000 years, is not only popular on both sides of the Taiwan Strait, but is also celebrated annually in overseas Chinese communities. The Lantern Festival is a traditional festival in China, so it is celebrated nationwide Most regions have similar customs, but also have their own characteristics.