Lantern Festival lanterns moral why in the Lantern Festival to watch lanterns

1. In ancient times, in order to expel the fear of darkness, lanterns were derived from the meaning of exorcism and praying for light.

2. In the past, when people were fleeing from bandits, they would light lanterns as a signal to tell each other that they were safe.

3, legend has it that during the reign of Emperor Taizong of Tang Dynasty, the first program of school enrollment is called "open lantern", which is to bring the lanterns made in advance to the school, and ask a learned old man to light them up to symbolize a bright future.

4, in Minnan language "lamp" and "Ding" pronunciation is similar, so the lanterns are also used to seek a son to add Ding, to seek success, to avoid evil peace.