Do you know the old story of Lantern Festival?

Historically, Taoism once called the 15th day of the first month Shangyuan Festival, in addition to Zhongyuan Festival on July 15 and Xiayuan Festival on July 10/5. Together, it is called "Sanyuan", and it also refers to the three immortals of heaven, earth and water enshrined in the Taoist Five Dou Mi Dao. Celestial officials can bless; Local officials can forgive sins; Water officials can be solved, and three yuan must be matched with three officials. Therefore, on the fifteenth day of the first month, lanterns should be lit to worship the officials in the sky and pray for good luck.

Two thousand years ago, the Han Dynasty paid more attention to the activities of Shangyuan Festival. On the fifteenth day of the first month, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty will personally lead ministers to worship Taiyi God. It is said that this god is great and can be in charge of everything in the universe. Later, this activity was regarded as a prelude to offering sacrifices to the gods. People always eat glutinous rice balls on the night of Shangyuan Festival, so it is also called Lantern Festival. At the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, it was called Shangyuan Festival because of Taoist infection, and it was not called Lantern Festival until the end of the Tang Dynasty.

With the development of history, from the initial offering of sacrifices to the gods and the world, to people holding torches in groups in the countryside to drive away the evil spirits of insects and beasts, to the sacrificial activities of beating gongs and drums and putting out lanterns, dancing dragons and lions to drive away the evil spirits, and finally, many entertainment items such as lantern riddles, walking on stilts and yangko dancing have gradually increased.