The moon is in the center of the sky and it's a holiday.

The answer to the riddle: "The moon is the head of the month" is the Lantern Festival.

I. Explanation of the riddle

The word "宀" is split into "宀元", which is the same as "宀" and "月", "宀" is the same as "月", "moon" and "moon" in the Chinese alphabet. The word "宀" is combined with "月" and "当" to form the word "宵".

II. Pinyin

The pinyin for Lantern is [yuán xiāo].

Third, Interpretation

The Lantern Festival, a traditional Chinese festival, is also known as the Shangyuan Festival, Xiaozhengmu, Yuanxi, or the Lantern Festival, and takes place on the fifteenth day of the first month of the Chinese lunar calendar every year. The first month is the first month of the lunar calendar, the ancients called "night" for "night", the first month of the fifteenth day of the first month of the year is the first night of the full moon, so the first month of the fifteenth day of the first month for the "Lantern Festival".

Four, the origin of the festival

3 Lantern Festival has a long process of formation, rooted in the ancient folk custom of turning on the lights to pray for blessings. According to general information and folklore legends, the 15th day of the first month in the Western Han Dynasty has been emphasized, but the 15th day of the first month of the Lantern Festival is really as a national folk festival is after the Han Wei Dynasty.

Traditional Customs:

1, eat Yuanxiao. The 15th day of the first month to eat Lantern Festival, "Lantern Festival" as a food, has a long history in China. Song Dynasty, the folk that is popular a Lantern Festival to eat novelty food. This food, the earliest called "floating Yuanzi" later called "Lantern", the businessman also beautifully called "Yuanbao".

2, lanterns. Lunar New Year's Day is the 15th "Lantern Festival", this festival folk hanging lights, playing lights, lights and other customs, so also known as the Festival of Lights. Lantern Festival is the Lantern Festival traditional holiday customs, began in the Western Han Dynasty, flourished in the Sui and Tang dynasties. After the Sui and Tang dynasties, the wind of lights prevailed, and inherited in later generations.

3, guess the riddle. Guessing riddles, also known as lantern riddles, is unique to China's rich national style of a traditional form of folk entertainment activities, from ancient times on the circulation of the Lantern Festival activities.