The Origin of Lantern Festival Video Stories

1. The origin, stories and pictures of the Lantern Festival

The origin of Lantern Festival:

Lantern Festival is a traditional festival in China, which existed in the Western Han Dynasty more than 2,000 years ago.

Lantern Festival began in the period of Emperor Han Ming in the East. Because Emperor Han Ming advocated Buddhism, it coincided with Cai Cheng's conversion from India to Buddhism. Cai Cheng said that on the fifteenth day of the first month in India, monks gathered together to worship the Buddhist relics, which is an auspicious day to participate in Buddhism. Cai Cheng said that on the fifteenth day of the first month in India, monks gathered to worship the Buddhist relics, which was an auspicious day to participate in Buddhism.

In order to promote Buddhism, Emperor Hanming ordered "burning lamps to show Buddha" in palaces and temples on the fifteenth night of the first month. Therefore, the custom of burning lanterns on the 15th night of the first month has gradually spread in China with the expansion of the influence of Buddhist culture and the addition of Taoist culture.

Since then, this Buddhist ceremonial festival has gradually expanded into a grand folk festival. The festival has experienced a development process from the court to the people, and from the Central Plains to the whole country.

Lantern Festival story:

There is also a saying that the Lantern Festival originated from the Torch Festival. In the Han dynasty, people held torches in rural fields to drive away insects and wild animals, hoping to reduce pests and pray for a bumper harvest. Since the Sui, Tang and Song Dynasties, it has been in full swing. Tens of thousands of people took part in the song and dance, which lasted from dusk on the first day to dark the next day.

To this day, people in some areas in southwest China still use reeds or branches as torches on the 15th day of the first month, and hold high in groups to dance in fields or grain drying fields.

With the changes of society and times, the customs of Lantern Festival have changed greatly, but it is still a traditional folk festival in China.

2. What are the historical stories about the origin of the Lantern Festival?

The historical story of the origin of Lantern Festival;

Legend 1:

Lantern Festival is to commemorate the Pinglu of Emperor Wen of Han Dynasty. According to legend, after his death, a ministry in Lv Hou will be afraid of the complete works and plot to rebel. Liu Nang, the imperial clan, and Zhou Bo, the founding elder, put down the "chaos of all roads" together. After the rebellion, the ministers made Liu Heng, the second son of Liu Bang, the Chinese Emperor. Deeply impressed by the hard-won peace and prosperity, Emperor Wen designated the 15th day of the first month of the first month, when the "Zhu Lu Rebellion" was put down, as a day to have fun with the people, and every household in Beijing celebrated with lanterns and colorful decorations. Since then, the fifteenth day of the first month has become a popular folk festival-"Lantern Festival".

Legend 2:

Lantern Festival, also known as Shangyuan Festival, is the first full moon night celebrated by people in a year. According to the "ternary theory" of Taoism, the fifteenth day of the first month is Shangyuan Festival, the fifteenth day of July is Zhongyuan Festival, and the fifteenth day of October is Xiayuan Festival. The officials in charge of the upper, middle and lower elements are heaven, earth and man respectively. The celestial officials are happy and the Lantern Festival should be lit. The custom of lighting lanterns and setting off fireworks on the Lantern Festival comes from this saying.

Legend 3:

Lantern Festival originated from Torch Festival. In the Han dynasty, people held torches in rural fields to drive away insects and wild animals, hoping to reduce pests and pray for a bumper harvest. To this day, people in some areas in southwest China still use reeds or branches as torches on the 15th day of the first month, and hold high in groups to dance in fields or grain drying fields. Since the Sui, Tang and Song Dynasties, it has been in full swing. Tens of thousands of people took part in singing and dancing, from faint to dark. With the changes of society and times, the customs and habits of Lantern Festival have changed greatly, but it is still a traditional folk festival in China, and torches have gradually turned into colored lights.

Since the middle Tang Dynasty, the Lantern Festival has developed into a national carnival in China, so it is the most thorough and typical traditional festival.

3. The story about the origin of Lantern Festival

According to "A Brief History of Monks", Buddha Sakyamuni appeared on February 30, 65438, that is, on the fifteenth day of the first month in Dongtu. In order to commemorate the Buddha's change of god, a lantern burning ceremony will be held on this day. When Emperor Hanming came to lecture in the East, Morten Zhuflange ordered Emperor Hanming to put up lanterns at 15 o'clock in the first month of the Buddha's transition, and personally went to the temple to decorate the lanterns to show his respect for the Buddha.

Since then, putting lanterns on the Lantern Festival has become a common custom. However, some scholars believe that this view is untenable. Buddhism only uses people's holiday atmosphere to expand its influence on this day.

The festivals and customs of Lantern Festival have been extended and expanded with the development of history. As far as the length of festivals is concerned, there is only one day in Han Dynasty, three days in Tang Dynasty and five days in Song Dynasty. In the Ming Dynasty, the Lantern Festival lasted from the eighth day to the seventeenth night of the first month. It is the longest Lantern Festival in the history of China, which is connected with the Spring Festival. It is a city during the day and is very lively.

What are the historical stories about the origin of the Lantern Festival?

The first month is the first month of the lunar calendar. The ancients called the night "Xiao", so they called the fifteenth day of the first month the Lantern Festival. The fifteenth day of the first month is the night of the first full moon in a year and the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty. On the night of Spring Festival, people celebrate this festival and the continuation of the Spring Festival. Lantern Festival is also called "Shangyuan Festival".

The custom of eating Yuanxiao on Lantern Festival was formed in Song Dynasty. According to records, in the Tang Dynasty, people ate "cocoons" and "circles don't fall into corners" on the Lantern Festival. "Lactose dumplings" appeared in the Southern Song Dynasty, which should be the predecessor of glutinous rice balls. In the Song Dynasty, Zhou Bida wrote a poem "Cooking a Floating Zi Yuan on the Lantern Festival", including the poem "There are stars in dark clouds and pearls in turbid water". By the Ming Dynasty, "Yuanxiao" had more names.

Yuanxiao was originally called "Tangyuan" because it floats on the water after boiling, which is beautiful and reminds people of a bright moon hanging on the clouds. There is a bright moon in the sky, jiaozi in the bowl, and every family is round and round, symbolizing reunion and good luck. Therefore, eating Yuanxiao expresses people's love for family reunion. The survey also shows that China people inherit and love traditional festivals, and they also love China culture. Eating Yuanxiao should have a different taste.

According to legend, in ancient times, in order to unify the whole country, the Jade Emperor sent the Kitchen God Bodhisattva to stay on earth to understand the people's feelings and report back every Wednesday. On the 23rd of the winter month in the summer calendar, the Kitchen God Bodhisattva reported back to the Jade Emperor: "People on earth eat only meager food for 365 days a year. Work hard every day and never rest. If this continues, I am worried that the common people will be exhausted and unable to produce because of excessive fatigue, which will definitely affect their contribution. " When the Jade Emperor heard this, he ordered his ministers to discuss a good plan. Taibai Jinxing said: "Your Majesty can order the founder of Heng Tuo to come down to earth and give people some medicine so that they can get sick slowly and rest naturally." The jade emperor allowed it to play, and the task was handled accordingly.

On the morning of the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, Father Heng Tuo secretly put crazy drugs in people's rice cookers. When the medicine is put into the pot, it becomes soybeans, peas, garlic sprouts, tofu and meat. After eating it, the people are really "crazy" slowly: women sew new clothes and embroidered shoes, and men kill pigs and sheep, unwilling to work in the fields. After the 24th of the twelfth lunar month, crazy people became very valuable for medicine. People invite people to eat at their host's house and drink at their home. At noon on the thirtieth day of the twelfth lunar month, the people took out all kinds of delicious food and sat around the table, and the family ate and drank. From the first day of the first month, men, women and children not only eat well, but also play around all day. Some painted painted faces, beating gongs and drums, wandering around; Some people invite people to pay a New Year call with gifts.

On the thirteenth day of the first month, the kitchen god bodhisattva said to heaven, "Your Majesty, no, the people are crazy! Eat and play, live and do nothing. At this rate, how can you get it? " The Jade Emperor was very surprised when he heard that, so he ordered his ministers to discuss the best plan again. Taibai Venus also said, "If you want to cure crazy people, you can make the drug king Bodhisattva try." The Jade Emperor allowed the medicine king Bodhisattva to descend to the earth to govern.

On the 14th night of the first month, Bodhisattva, the King of Medicine, made the people's supper into glutinous rice balls, and put sesame seeds, walnuts, sugar and other anti-hangover agents into them. People ate them, and all the madness recovered the next morning, and the family went back to work as usual.

In this way, the cycle continues, forming the habit of Chinese New Year.