Why do you want to dance lions on Lantern Festival?

The Lantern Festival needs lion dancing, because lion dancing is an excellent folk art in China. Whenever the Lantern Festival or assembly is celebrated, people always come to the lion dance for entertainment. This custom originated in the Three Kingdoms period and was popular in the Southern and Northern Dynasties. It has a history of 1000 years. At the same time, the lion dance on the Lantern Festival also symbolizes happiness.

The Lantern Festival needs lion dancing, because lion dancing is an excellent folk art in China. Whenever the Lantern Festival or assembly is celebrated, people always come to the lion dance for entertainment. This custom originated in the Three Kingdoms period and was popular in the Southern and Northern Dynasties. It has a history of 1000 years. At the same time, the lion dance on the Lantern Festival also symbolizes happiness.

Customs of Lantern Festival:

1. Eating Yuanxiao: Eating Yuanxiao on the fifteenth day of the first month, as a food, has a long history in China. In the Song Dynasty, a novel Lantern Festival food was popular among the people. This kind of food was originally called Zi Yuan, then Yuanxiao, and merchants also called it Yuanbao.

2. Lantern Festival: The fifteenth day of the first lunar month is the Lantern Festival. This festival is also called Lantern Festival, because there are folk customs such as hanging lanterns, lighting lanterns and watching lanterns. Lantern Festival is a traditional festival custom of Lantern Festival, which began in the Western Han Dynasty and flourished in Sui and Tang Dynasties.

3. solve riddles on the lanterns: solve riddles on the lanterns, also known as playing riddles, is a unique traditional folk entertainment form with rich national style in China. It is a characteristic activity of the Lantern Festival that has been circulated since ancient times.

4, playing dragon lantern: playing dragon lantern, also known as dragon lantern or dragon dance. The dragon dance recorded in writing is Zhang Heng's Xijing Fu in Han Dynasty. The author vividly described the dragon dance in the descriptions of hundreds of plays. According to Sui Shu's music records, the performance of dragon dance "Huanglongbian" in Emperor Yang Di's 100 plays is also very wonderful, and dragon dance is very popular in many places in China. China worships dragons, and thinks that dragons are auspicious symbols.