Which traditional festival does Yuanxiao refer to?

Lantern Festival is another name for Lantern Festival. In the past, the fifteenth day of the first lunar month was called Shangyuan Festival, and the night was called Yuanxiao, just like Yuanxiao. Today, the fifteenth day of the first lunar month is called the Lantern Festival.

The first month of the lunar calendar is January, and the ancients called the night "night" or "evening". The fifteenth day of the first month is the first full moon night in a year, so it is called Yuanxi and Lantern Festival, also known as Shangyuan Festival. According to the traditional folk custom in China, on the festival night of Spring Festival, the moon is high in the sky and there are tens of thousands of lanterns on the ground. People watch lanterns, solve riddles on the lanterns and eat Yuanxiao. They have a happy family reunion.

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It is said in Hangzhou that the 15th day of the first month is the day when God blessed the people of Shangyuan. They went to Wu Shan to worship. The most famous Lantern Festival in Haining is the exquisite chrysanthemum lantern. Shangyu County will compete in martial arts on the platform before the Lantern Festival. In Jiande County, if someone has a new wife, a wine sacrifice bed will be set on the Lantern Festival.

Sichuan Lantern Festival has the custom of "four steals": "one steals jiaozi, the other steals green, the third steals eaves lamps and the fourth steals red." Except for stealing youth and strengthening the body, the rest are customs of seeking children. There is a custom of "cursing" in Kaixian County. On the Lantern Festival, people move the benches outdoors and scold all the grievances at ordinary times. Those who are scolded are not allowed to scold them back.

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Baidu Encyclopedia-Yuanxi