Where to see lanterns on the 15th day of the first lunar month in Tianjin

Tianjin Lantern Festival to see lanterns on both sides of the Haihe River Ferris wheel, Maoye Building, Holiday Inn, Olympic Sports Center, around the Tower of Heaven, the city's cultural plaza and other places.

The city will also focus on Youyi Road, Weiguo Road and other roads and Yi Feng District, the ancient cultural street, Wanda Plaza, Golden Street and other key areas to "lamp-post type flag, light box type flag, Chinese knots, fortune lanterns, light decorations, light shows," and other elements to dress up the cityscape, to promote warm and harmonious festive The city is also a place for the festival to be celebrated.

The first phase: from January 20, 2023 (the 28th day of the Lunar New Year) to January 27, 2023 (the sixth day of the first month).

The second phase: from February 4 (the 14th day of the first month of the lunar calendar) to February 6 (the 16th day of the first month of the lunar calendar).

The origin of the Lantern Festival

The Lantern Festival is a traditional Chinese festival, the formation of the Lantern Festival customs have a long process, rooted in the ancient folk custom of turning on the lanterns to pray for blessings. Lights to pray for blessings usually in the 14th night of the first month of the night began to "test lamps", the night of the 15th for the "lights", the folk want to point lamps, also known as "send lamps", in order to carry out sacrifices to the gods and pray for blessings.

The introduction of Buddhist culture in the Eastern Han Dynasty has also been an important impetus to the formation of the Lantern Festival customs, the Han Ming Emperor Yongping years, the Han Ming Emperor in order to promote Buddhism, ordered the night of the 15th day of the first month of the palace and the temple, "burning lamps to show the Buddha". Therefore, the custom of burning lamps on the night of the 15th day of the first month gradually expanded in China with the expansion of the influence of Buddhist culture and the later addition of Taoist culture.