Introduction to the origin of the Lantern Festival

Yuanxiao, the original meaning is "on the night of the Festival", because the first day of the first month of the fifteenth "Festival" is the main activity of the evening of eating dumplings and enjoying the moon, and then the name of the festival also evolved into "Lantern Festival". From the New Year's Eve to continue the celebration to another climax. On the night of the Lantern Festival, the streets and alleys are decorated with lanterns, and people enjoy the lanterns, guess the riddles, and eat the Lantern Festival, which has become a custom for generations. Lantern Festival is a traditional Chinese festival, as early as 2000 years ago in the Qin Dynasty. According to information and folklore, the 15th day of the first month in the Western Han Dynasty has been attached importance to the activities of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty on the night of the first month of the Xin night in the Ganquan Palace to sacrifice to the "Taiyi" (Taiyi: the master of the universe of all the gods), by the later generations as the first day of the first month of the 15th day of the first day of the first day of the first day of the gods of the sky.

The Lantern Festival is a traditional Chinese festival, Lantern Festival Lantern Appreciation began in the Eastern Han Dynasty, Emperor Mingdi period, Emperor Mingdi advocated Buddhism, heard that the Buddhist monks on the 15th day of the first month of the Buddha's relics, lighted lamps in honor of the Buddha's practice, the night of the day on the order in the palace and temples lighted lamps in honor of the Buddha, so that the scholarly commoners have hung lamps. Later, this Buddhist ceremonial festival gradually formed a grand folk festival.

From the Han Dynasty onwards with the passage of time, the Lantern Festival activities more and more. Gradually increased the dragon lantern, lion, stilt walkers, rowing dry boat twisting rice-planting songs, playing the Taiping drum and other activities, plus opera performances. The Lantern Festival became the last folk art show of the Spring Festival, and its hilarity can be called the "carnival" in ancient China, so many places will be the Lantern Festival is called "haunted Lantern".

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The Lantern Festival is celebrated on the fifteenth day of the first month of the Lunar Calendar every year, and during the festival you can enjoy eating dumplings, wrapping up the lanterns, guessing the lantern riddles, stepping on the stilts, welcoming the Zigu, and carrying out a wide range of activities in joyful and happy mood!

The Lantern Festival, also known as dumplings, eat dumplings on the 15th day of the first month, is our traditional Lantern Festival customs, meaning that the reunion of the old generation of people to and for the precious, always hope that each of our families in the new year can be and beautiful, all things are reunited, accompanied by the old man at the side of the bowl of soup dumplings, figure a year of good omen to send lanterns are also known as the children's lamp, in ancient times, the Lantern Festival Festival before the newlyweds will always receive a lantern, because of the mother's family to send lanterns, because of the mother's family to send lanterns. The mother's family to send the lanterns, because the lights and ding homophonic, meaning that in the new year the daughter of a family can add ding imported, prosperous, and now a lot of film and television drama inside there are many of these shots, the woman in the river to put the lanterns. Stilts is one of the traditional activities of the Han Chinese, every holiday, people will move out of things, together on stilts, lively celebration, while stilts is also a traditional opera, the form of multi-varied, diverse, loved by the people. According to the old legend, Zigu was a kind and beautiful woman who was forced to be a concubine of a rich man, but was envied by others and died unjustly in the toilet, and was later named the god of the toilet. On the night of the Lantern Festival, people would tie straws to make a model of Zigu to worship her, and pray for her to bless the family's good health and peace and quiet. Nowadays, every Lantern Festival, all places play lantern riddles, hoping to be joyful and peaceful. Because riddles can enlighten wisdom and interest, so the process of circulation is popular among all social classes.