The origin of Lantern Festival, a legend or story about it.

Lantern Festival, also known as Shangyuan Festival, Lantern Festival and Lantern Festival. A traditional festival in China, which falls on the 15th day of the first lunar month every year. According to the tradition of the Han nationality, people light thousands of lanterns to celebrate on this bright night. Going out to enjoy the moon, lighting and setting fires, enjoying lantern riddles, eating Yuanxiao, family reunion and celebrating festivals are all enjoyment.

According to legend, Emperor Wendi (179- 157) celebrated the 15th day of the first month to investigate the Zhu Lu rebellion. Every night, he goes to the palace to play with people. In ancient times, night was the same as night, and the first month was also called January. Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty designated the fifteenth day of the first month as the Lantern Festival, and this night was called Yuanxiao. Sima Qian founded the taichu calendar, which listed the Lantern Festival as a major festival. In the Sui, Tang and Song Dynasties, the festival became more prosperous. "Sui Shu Music Record" Day: "Every first month, all nations come to the DPRK and live outside the Duanmen Gate, which lasts for eight miles until the 15th." Tens of thousands of people participated in singing and dancing, from faint to dark.

With the changes of society and times, the customs of Lantern Festival have changed greatly, but it is still a traditional festival of Han nationality. Xiangfan people have always had the custom of putting lanterns on the Lantern Festival.

Solve riddles on the lanterns is a characteristic activity of Lantern Festival that has been circulated since ancient times. On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, every household hangs lanterns and sets off fireworks. Later, some busybodies wrote riddles on paper and pasted them on colorful lanterns for people to guess. Because solve riddles on the lanterns can enlighten wisdom and cater to the festive atmosphere, many people responded. Later, solve riddles on the lanterns gradually became an indispensable program for the Lantern Festival.